How much Bauhaus is in documenta? Seeking traces


The first Virtual Exhibition created by the documenta archiv explores the question in which way Bauhaus concepts have inscribed themselves in the documenta idea. It will be available from August 15, 2019 at www.documenta-bauhaus.de.


In an art-historical approach, the exhibition follows indications as to the extent to which the first four documenta exhibitions referred to the Bauhaus or were influenced by it. The most important actors, the institutions involved, the exhibited works, the understanding of art and the visual appearance of the documenta are examined. In addition to vivid illustrations, numerous impressive features, cross-references and background information will enrich the narratives.


Nine stories and fourteen close-ups by Verena Bornmann, Laura Diermann, Martin Groh, Birgit Jooss, Harald Kimpel, Andrea Linnenkohl and Anna Rühl illuminate the spectrum.


The Virtual Exhibition is part of the project “Bauhaus | documenta”


Curator: Birgit Jooss


Stories


Arnold Bode’s first plan for documenta: art across national and genre borders

Bauhaus artists at the first documenta, 1955

b + d – A comparison of visual identity

Bauhaus artists at the second documenta, 1959

Experiences and principles of the Bauhaus for the New Kassel Werkakademie in the postwar period

Kassel in the 1920s - contacts to the Bauhaus

Applied art and design – the first three documenta exhibitions and their relation to Bauhaus ideas

Arnold Bode’s contacts in Berlin in the early 1930s

Bauhaus artists at the third documenta, 1964


Close-ups

Werner Haftmann, the gray eminence of documenta

“A pantheon of superior men”: Bauhaus artists in photo portraits

“Quintessence” of New Building: Bauhaus architectures in photo portraits

Fritz Winter - From Bauhaus to documenta

Hans Soeder and the reformation of the Kassel Art Academy

Arnold Bode as designer

The Rasch Wallpaper Factory - a cooperation project with the Bauhaus and Arnold Bode

The Städtische Werklehrer-Seminar in Berlin

The Kroll Opera in Berlin – connections to Kassel and Dessau

“Do German designers have to be furious?” – the case of Wagenfeld

Primary colors and shapes at the Bauhaus

Brian Jungen’s “Dog Run” at documenta 13 

Keyvisual of the virtual exhibition by L2M3, Stuttgart © documenta archiv