Exhibition »The Whole World a Bauhaus«
The Bauhaus was founded 1919 in Weimar, Germany. Between the spirit of new beginnings and the threatening rise of nationalism, the Bauhaus established itself in just 14 years and became a symbol of modern design and an avant-garde way of life.
Designs originating in this period are still produced today. But how did the Bauhaus manage to become such an innovative force in design and teaching, and in societies? The ifa exhibition »The Whole World a Bauhaus« is devoted to this theme in two parts.
The exhibition title is programmatic: »The Whole World a Bauhaus« is a quotation from Bauhaus student and teacher Fritz Kuhr (1928). It alludes to the fact that the Bauhaus redefined the parameters of art, crafts, and technology, when Walter Gropius declared the aim of design to include the whole spectrum of design and also social practice in every sense.
Documents
- creditliste_bauhaus_e.pdf (366.09 KB)
Press Release
- pm_ifa_bauhaus_e.pdf (598.31 KB)
Image - Gallery
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Exhibition view »The Whole World a Bauhaus»© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Exhibition view »The Whole World a Bauhaus»© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Exhibition view »The Whole World a Bauhaus»© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Exhibition view »The Whole World a Bauhaus»© ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Exhibition view »The Whole World a Bauhaus»© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Exhibition view »The Whole World a Bauhaus»© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Exhibition view »The Whole World a Bauhaus»© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Marianne Ahlfeld-Heymann (attributed), exercise from the class “pictorial form theory” by Paul Klee, 1923–24.© Photo: A. Körner, bildhübsche Fotografie, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen -
Marcel Breuer, Chair B5, 1926.© Photo: A. Körner, bildhübsche Fotografie, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen -
Unknown Designer, Study of balance from the Preliminary Course of László Moholy-Nagy, 1924.© Photo: A. Körner, bildhübsche Fotografie, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen -
Wallpaper factory Emil Rasch, bauhaus-behangsels, dutch Advertisement, 1932.© Photo: A. Körner, bildhübsche Fotografie, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen -
Hannes Meyer, (editor), “study at the bauhaus!” bauhaus, journal for design, 2 / 3, 1928.© Photo: A. Körner, bildhübsche Fotografie, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
