TAB Event - Bauhaus Exhibition

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At Utsunomiya Museum of Art
Media: Graphics, Other, Architecture, Installation, Other

This year marks the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus. This applied design school flourished in the era between two world wars, pioneering not only modern designs but also becoming a sort of symbolic starting point of contemporary lifestyles. In 1996, the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau as well as a group of its related properties were all registered as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

In 1919, a year after the end of World War I, the Bauhaus was first established in Weimar. Its first director Walter Gropius laid out a program that attempted to integrate all the fields of applied art into one establishment through the key element of "architecture" (bau). Because its ambition was to completely reform people's lifestyles, the Bauhaus was often subjected to political pressure. After moving its base to Dessau and Berlin, Bauhaus ceased its operations in 1933, the year the Nazi party seized power.

Putting the rise and fall of the Bauhaus school in their historical context, this exhibition introduces its various activities and contributions with a focus on its Dessau period (1925-1932). A total of 240 works from the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation Collection reveal how modern design blossomed in this industrial city.

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