In 1933 Anni Albers emigrated to the United States with her husband, Josef Albers, to teach at Black Mountain College, an experimental school in North Carolina. As if in direct reaction to their move to a less hierarchical, and in many ways more relaxed, culture, their art immediately lost some of its previous formality and acquired new texture and earthiness. Deeply influenced by the weavers of ancient Peru, she began to work increasingly with open-weaves and other unusual techniques for fabrics to be used as curtains, clothing, upholstery, wall coverings, and space dividers.
			Anni Albers La Luz I, 1947 Cotton, hemp and metallic gimp, 47 x 82.5 cm (18 _ x 32 _ in.) The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut © 2000 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut/Artists Rights Society. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Photo: Tim Nighswander