Catalogue of an exhibition held at Barbican Art Gallery, London, May 3- Aug. 12, 2012. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Programme of the Staatliche Bauhaus in Weimar / Walter Gropius -- Between revolution and reform : the Bauhaus in context, 1919-23 / Kathleen James Chakraborty -- The Bauhaus in Weimar : a school of creativity and invention / Michael Siebenbrodt -- Diary entry, Bauhaus, Weimar / Gunta Stölzl -- The fundamental elements of form / Wassily Kandinsky -- On the planned Bauhaus week / Gerhard Marcks -- Reinventing the Bauhaus : the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition as a turning point in the direction of the school / Éva Forgács -- Breviary for Bauhaus members / Walter Gropius -- Spread the word : Bauhaus instruments of communication / Catherine Ince -- Staatliche Bauhaus report on the economic outlook of the Bauhaus / Walter Gropius and D.R. Necker -- An invitation to join the Circle of Friends of the Bauhaus / Governing Board -- The Bauhaus at home in Dessau / Philipp Oswalt -- Come to the Bauhaus Dessau / Author unknown -- Art as lifestyle : Theodore Lux Feininger's photographs of the Bauhauslers / Philip Ursprung -- Square & flower: a new unity : Bauhaus celebrations and Bauhaus gifts / Klaus Weber -- Our play, our party, our work / Johannes Itten -- Something metallic : Bauhaus celebration / Author unknown -- In the Bauhaus kitchen / Nicholas Fox Weber -- The stage and the Bauhaus / Oskar Schlemmer -- Bauhaus Lighthouse : der Bau als Bühne, das Bühne als Bau / Melissa Trimingham -- New masters and workshops in Dessau / Torsten Blume -- Metal furniture and modern spatiality / Marcel Breuer -- Ten years of Bauhaus / Ernst Kállai -- Female careers at the Bauhaus / Anja Baumhoff -- Unprecedented photography / László Moholy-Nagy -- Document, experiment, advertisement : photography at the Bauhaus / Lydia Yee -- Three paths of Bauhaus modernism : Walter Gropius, Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / Wolfgang Thöner -- Announcement to the students of the dissolution of the Bauhaus / Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Summary:
The biggest Bauhaus exhibition in the UK in over 40 years presents the modern world's most famous art & crafts school. From expressionist beginnings to a pioneering model uniting art and technology, this London exhibition presents the Bauhaus' utopian vision to change society in the aftermath of the First World War. Bauhaus: Art as Life explores the diverse artistic production that made up its turbulent fourteen-year history and delves into the subjects at the heart of the school: art, culture, life, politics and society, and the changing technology of the age. Bauhaus: Art as Life features a rich array of painting, sculpture, design, architecture, film, photography, textiles, ceramics, theatre and installation. Exemplar works from such Bauhaus Masters as Josef and Anni Albers, Marianne Brandt, Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius, Johannes Itten, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Hannes Meyer, László Moholy-Nagy, Oskar Schlemmer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Gunta Stölzl, will be presented alongside works by lesser-known Bauhaus artists and students.--Koenig Books.
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