Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press Writer has the enviable task of covering what looks to be an amazing show,"Bauhaus — A Conceptual Model." So popular, the show has already drawn 17,000 visitors since it opened last week.
About Bauhaus:
Shaped by its three directors Walter Gropius, Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the Bauhaus school was formed in 1919 in Weimar to transcend the divisions that had separated arts and crafts, and emphasize a new modern aesthetic that could also be mass-produced.
World-famous teachers such as Vasily Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee or Oskar Schlemmer also put their imprint on the 1,250 students who were enrolled in the 14 years of the school's existence.
According to the slogan "People's necessities, not luxuries," which was coined by Meyer, the "Bauhausers" created articles of daily use such as tea sets, chairs or set tables that could be afforded by all.
Pictures and models of landmark structures like the Bauhaus school building in Dessau, the flat roof homes of the school's master teachers, as well as an entire Bauhaus complex in Berlin Bernau that served as a school for a German trade union, catch visitors' eyes with their unadorned surfaces and clear lines.
With the anniversary of Bauhaus, what comparisons are we seeing with contemporary art and design and the Bauhaus movement?
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