Bauhaus and Photography: New Vision in Contemporary Art

Bauhaus and Photography: New Vision in Contemporary Art
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Kerber Verlag
Country
Germany
Published
1 January 2020
Pages
264
ISBN
9783735605474

Bauhaus and Photography: New Vision in Contemporary Art

Does the Bauhaus still contribute to further developments in photographic pictorial languages? What role does the avant-garde photography play for contemporary artists today? At the centre of Bauhaus and Photography is the reconstruction of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy’s photography-section at the legendary 1929-1930 Werkbund-exhibition Film und Foto (Film and Photo). For the first time, the Neues Sehen (New Vision) of the 1930s as well as contemporary photographs, sculptures, and video installations enter into a seminal dialogue between the factual exhibition situation and virtual reality. Artists: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Erich Consemuller, Marianne Brandt, Lucia Moholy, Viviane Sassen, Dominique Teufen, Daniel T Braun, Wolfgang Tillmans, Doug Fogelson, Max de Esteban, Stefanie Seufert, Kris Scholz, Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, Thomas Ruff, Antje Hanebeck, Douglas Gordon. Text in English and German. SELLING POINTS: . Celebrates the centenary of the Bauhaus . Illustrates the lasting legacy of the Bauhaus’ aesthetic principles . A seminal dialogue between historic and contemporary artists 90 colour, 50 b/w images

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