Original Bauhaus
By: edited by Nina Wiedemeyer for the Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung
Contributors: Berlinische Galerie; Bauhaus-Archiv, Museum für Gestaltung
Publisher: Bauhaus-Archiv, Museum für Gestaltung; Prestel
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Berlin; Munich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9783791359045
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Exhibitions; History; Design; Study and teaching; Art; Bauhaus
Description: 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).
Notes: On the occasion of an exhibition held at Berlinische Galerie - Museum of Modern Art, Berlin, September 6, 2019 - January 27, 2020.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-222) and index.