Color Theory

from The Professor of Rap by The Professor of Rap

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lyrics

"I have handled color as men should behave."
Hey, Josef Albers, that's a quote to save.
You taught at Bauhaus 'til thirty-three,
Fled to Black Mountain College in the state of N.C.
That was the place for painters to be.
Got Bob Rauschenberg and Cy Twombly.
That was the place for painters to be.

Then on to Yale, You taught Eva Hesse.
And you also taught Richard Anuskewicz.
Your painting of squares, their brushwork so light,
Create an illusion of boxes in flight.
Homage to squares, 'cause square you can't be
When you go out and mess with Color Theory.

Color Theory.
Color Theory.

You do done the math and designed album covers,
And with your wife Anni, you were textile lovers.
She wove when you traveled from the North to the South.
Intense fabric use and great word of mouth
Soon made Anni the U.S. number one weaver.
She wove a big web so Joe couldn't leave her.

What drove these geniuses to such extremes?
They loved pigment and texture
And fulfilled all their dreams
Of a perfect world with austere design.
Perfect for Bauhaus,
And for our age, sublime.
For our age, sublime.
For our age, sublime.