Netherlands-Bauhaus : pioneers of a new world / [editorial supervision, Mienke Simon Thomas and Yvonne Brentjens ; authors, Herman van Bergeijk [and twenty others] ; translation Dutch-English, Gerard Forde].
"Netherlands-Bauhaus: Pioneers of a New World" : February 9-May 26, 2019, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-301) and index.
Contents:
About the authors. Esther Cleven -- Blockbuster Bauhaus: the 50 Years Bauhaus exhibition in Amsterdam / Mienke Simon Thomas -- Short biographies of Bauhäusler in the Netherlands: with thanks to Anke Blümm -- Catalogue -- 'Holland is certainly quite a bit ahead of other cultural countries': Adolf Meyer, Josef Albers and their Dutch teachers / Christiane Heiser -- De Stijl and the Bauhaus: 1921-24 / Sjarel Ex -- A lot of nosie on a rather empty drum: the German Bauhaus and Dutch architects / Herman van Bergeijk -- 'Dear Mr. Moholy Nagar': Augusta de Wit and the Bauhaus PR campaign in the Netherlands / Yvonne Brentjens -- Burg Giebichenstein in Halle: from the Bauhaus to the Netherlands via the Burg / Mienke Simon Thomas -- Catalogue -- De Stijl and urban planning: Hannes Meyer and Dutch artists and architects 1924-30 / Magdalena Droste -- The functional city: the contribution of Bauhaus students Jan and Kees van der Linden to the 1933 CIAM congress / Simone Divendal -- Mankind and his basic needs: the voice of Lotte Stam-Beese within De 8 and De 8 en Opbouw / Hanneke Oosterhof -- 'We are now in the light': Metz & Co and the Bauhaus / Petra Timmer -- 'They rage abd fulminate against the "Bauhaus'": opposing views of modernity in the interwar years / Suzy Leemans and Jan Molema -- Catalogue -- László Moholy-Nagy and the Dutch Avant-Garde: before, during and after his tenure at the Bauhaus / Flip Bool and Frans Peterse -- Bauhaus Émigrés in the Netherlands: a biographical exploration / Dörte Nicolaisen -- 'Soft words are hard arguments!': the advertising psychology of co-op 2 / Frank van Lamoen -- Domestic interests and international ideals: the Dutch Association for Crafts and Industrial Arts and the Bauhaus / Marthe kes -- Catalogue -- The Bauhaus as a guiding principle: Kitty van der Mijll Dekker: weaving as passion / Caroline Boot -- The Bauhaus, building and spatial design: the influence of the Bauhaus on the interior architecture course at the IvKNO / Jeroen van den Eijnde -- Between cobra and situationism: Asger Jorn's international movement for an imaginist Bauhaus / Marcel Hummelink -- Bauhaus: baggage or ballast?: Marcel Breuer in the Netherlands / Wijnand Galema -- Blockbuster Bauhaus: the 50 Years Bauhaus exhibition in Amsterdam / Esther Cleven -- Bibliography -- Index of names -- About the authors.
Summary:
Before commencing its large-scale renovations, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen pulls out all the stops with the exhibition 'Netherlands-Bauhaus - Pioneers of a new world'. 2019 is the centenary of the founding of the Bauhaus, the revolutionary art and design school whose influence can still be felt today. Almost 800 objects - artworks, furniture, ceramics, textiles, photographs, typography and architectural drawings - provide a unique insight into the inspirational interactions between the Netherlands and the Bauhaus. Envisaging a new world and a quest for simplicity and functionality were among the principles of the Bauhaus. Walter Gropius established the revolutionary school for artists, architects and industrial designers in the German city of Weimar in 1919. In a period in which only a small elite could afford products designed by artists, the Bauhaus worked from the ideal of making beautiful and functional design available to all. The school's groundbreaking ideas, which later exerted worldwide influence, found their echo in the Netherlands in architecture, design and education. Exhibition: Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (09.02.-26.05.2019). "The Bauhaus, the revolutionary German art and design school, existed for only fourteen years and taught only 1400 students. Yet it has grown to be a household name all around the world and its influence is still tangible today. In this publication, twenty-one authors from the Netherlands and Germany focus on the close-knit network of intensive contacts that existed between the Bauhaus and the Netherlands. Dutch artists, architects and designers adopted ideas from the Bauhaus but also contributed to their conception. The essays cover the period from the years just prior to the establishment of the school in 1919 until the international travelling Bauhaus exhibition in 1968." --publisher's description, lower cover.
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