- documenta archiv
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
