Fritz Horstman: Folded Cyanotypes and Valley Sculptures

Sharing recent sculptures, videos, and works on paper, Fritz Horstman will make connections to his interests in Bauhaus pedagogy, geomorphology, voice experiments, craft, and ecology. The talk will give particular focus to Horstman's "Folded Cyanotypes" and his ongoing series of "U-Shaped Valley" sculptures and videos.

Fritz Horstman is an artist, curator, educator, and author based in Bethany, Connecticut. Recent solo shows of his Folded Cyanotypes, videos, and sculptures have been presented at the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut, at Planthouse in New York, and at Municipal Bonds in San Francisco. Education Director at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, he has curated exhibitions across Europe and the United States, including "Anni Albers: In Thread and On Paper" last year at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, TX. He has lectured and given workshops at Yale University, Harvard University, l'École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Lebanese American University in Beirut, The Royal Academy of Art in London, and many other institutions. His recent book "Interacting with Color: A Practical Guide to Josef Albers’s Color Experiments" was published by Yale Press in 2024. He is represented by Planthouse in New York and by Municipal Bonds in San Francisco.