Published in conjunction with the centenary exhibition of the same name held at Berlinische Galerie - Museum of Modern Art, Berlin, September 6, 2019 - January 27, 2020. Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-222) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / Annemarie Jaeggi and Thomas Köhler -- Greetings / Klaus Lederer -- Greetings / Hortensia Völckers and Alexander Farenholtz -- Introduction / Nina Wiedemeyer -- Chapter 1. Becoming icons: Why is the Bauhaus so important? / Christian Demand -- Case study 1. Revivals / Thomas Tode -- Case study 2. Unity in diversity / Annemarie Jaeggi -- Case study 3. Production--Reproduction / Alena J. Williams -- Case study 4. Unique works in series / Pauline Doutreluingne and Uli Aigner -- Case study 5. Becoming famous / Mercedes Valdivieso -- Case study 6. Family resemblance / Magdalena Droste -- Chapter 2. Writing history: An archive for contemporary tasks / Esther Cleven -- Case study 7. Lecturing--Exhibiting / Annemarie Jaeggi -- Case study 7. Lecturing--Exhibiting / Ute Famulla -- Case study 8. Yours modernly / Nicole Opel -- Case study 9 Simple / Matthias Noell -- Case study 9. Simple / Sigurd Larsen -- Case study 10. Missing--Existing / Hans-Friedrich Bormann -- Case study 10. Missing--Existing / Christine van Haaren -- Case study 11. Dissimilar twins / Helga Lutz -- Case study 11. Dissimilar twins / Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck -- Case study 12. Ready for Dada / Ralf Burmeister -- Case study 12. Ready for Dada / Hanne Bergius -- Chapter 3. Forming a school -- Youth and generational conflict at the Bauhaus / Gregor Kanitz -- Happy birthday, Bauhaus! / Junges Bauhaus -- 'A down-to-earth realisation of the Bauhaus idea' / Carina Burck -- Learning what does not yet exist / Nora Sternfeld -- Case study 13. Preliminary course original / Friederike Holländer and Nina Wiedemeyer -- Case study 13. Doing the preliminary course / Patrick Kochlik and Jens Wunderling -- Case study 14. The model teacher / Ursula Müller.
Summary:
The Bauhaus existed for only 14 years in Germany, but for the past 100 years its ideas have been passed on and its products relaunched, imitated and further developed. Using 14 famous, familiar, or forgotten objects, this book offers 14 case studies. It examines questions such as how did the woman sitting on the tubular-steel chair become the most famous anonymous figure from the Bauhaus; whether the Haus am Horn in Weimar has a secret twin; and why the tea infusers by Marianne Brandt which were created as prototypes for industrial production always remained one-of-a-kind pieces. This book presents art and design from the Bauhaus-Archivs collection, along with exceptional loans from international collections. It sheds light on how unique work and series, remake and original are inseparably linked in the history of the Bauhaus. This is because Bauhaus artists did not see art and technology as opposed to each other. Instead, they used technical innovations to create exceptional works of art, and they took serial production into account from the moment they began drafting their designs. Reproductions, re-editions and remakes have made the Bauhaus the 20th century's most influential school of architecture, design, and art, and this book offers a new take on the Bauhaus legacy. Exhibition: Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany (06.09.2019 - 27.01.2020).
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