Daniel Talesnik, an architect specializing in modern and contemporary architecture and urbanism, will speak about the most important exhibitions on Bauhaus.
Although the word Bauhaus is probably familiar, there is usually confusion when it comes to defining it. What was the Bauhaus? When did the Bauhaus exist? Where? Who directed the institution? Was it an architecture school? By looking at the main exhibitions organized by the Bauhaus, and in particular at the way architecture was exhibited, it is possible to tackle some of these questions. The focus of this lecture will be the exhibitions shown by the Bauhaus while it was active between 1919 and 1933, including also the Bauhaus Dessau 1928-1930 exhibitions organized by architect Hannes Meyer in Moscow in 1930 and 1931 and the big exhibition on the Bauhaus: 1919–1928 organized by Walter Gropius in the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1938. The Bauhaus, which had different stages and several conflicts, showcased itself through these exhibits. Analyzing them will enable a better understanding of what this German art, crafts, design, and architecture school was.
Lecture by Daniel Talesnik is a part of public program related to the exhibition Designing Life: The Internationalist Architect. Designing Life: The Internationalist Architect is a collaboration between Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, the Bauhaus Kooperation Berlin Dessau Weimar, Goethe-Institut, and Haus der Kulturen der Welt, funded by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Federal Cultural Foundation. It is part of the international initiative 100 Years of Bauhaus, which includes research exhibitions, symposia, and workshops around the world.