Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Stuttgart, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, 5 May to 23 September, 2018. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Multiple Modernen = Multiple modernities -- Anhange = Annexes. Kontingenzen = Contingencies -- Kapitel = Chapter 1. Zwischen Experiment und Propaganda = Between experimentation and propaganda -- Kapitel = Chapter 2. Unruhe der Form = Unrest of form -- Kapitel = Chapter 3. Die Avantgarde und der Militarisch-Industrielle Komplex = The avant-garde and the military-industrial complex -- Kapitel = Chapter 4. Multiple Modernen = Multiple modernities -- Anhange = Annexes.
Summary:
"On 4 May 1968, a few hours after angry student protesters in Paris had caused the Sorbonne to be evacuated, the exhibition 50 Years Bauhaus opened at the Wurttembergischer Kunstverein. Conceived by Herbert Bayer, Ludwig Grote, Hans Maria Wingler and Dieter Honisch, the then director of the Kunstverein, the show is still regarded as the most influential post-war exhibition on the Bauhaus. Fifty years after the opening of 50 Years Bauhaus, the Wurttembergischer Kunstverein undertook a critical re-reading of the 1968 exhibition, with a particular focus on the ambiguous relationship that various prominent members of the Bauhaus had with National Socialism and the murky connections between the art avant-gardes and the military-industrial complex. While the 1968 exhibition historicized the reception of the Bauhaus, reducing it to West Germany and the US, the publication 50 Years After 50 Years of the Bauhaus reflects on the famous school in the context of artistic movements like the International Movement for an Imaginist Bauhaus and the Situationist International"-- Provided by publisher.
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