Sunday, April 11, 2010

Bauhaus

I was blown away by the vanguardism and vision of this school of design. Architecture-wise, i can dare to say that it set the precedent for the modern and contemporary era. Artists were creating and influencing the creation of functional, creative objects. Who knows, maybe what we buy today from stores like Ikea came precisely from the influence of the designs that Bauhaus endorsed. It was really sad that the Nazis shut it down; the nazis thought that Bauhaus was extremely dangerous because not only did it not represent the white supremacy ideals, but it was also the cradle for new artists. And you know what Hitler said" Kill the artist first".
As expected, all this fabulous artists, were forced to migrate abroad. Artists like Klee, Pollock, etc. flew to the United States and became extremely important architects. They brought all kinds of fabulous ideas and in that way influenced the concept of art in North America. We are just left with the doubt on what this school of art could have been in the XXI century...the designs we saw in the video were very similar to the furniture we buy today, and that was more than 50 years ago...can we imagine the outcomes of 50 more years of Bauhaus?

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