Ukraine-Chicago-Bauhaus

My last day in Chicago was treated with a surprise.  I stumbled upon this museum that most tourists would probably overlook.  Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA) is currently showing Chicago's Bauhaus Legacy.  After the dissolution of the Berlin Bauhaus by the Nazis in 1933, its continuation was established when Laśzló Moholy-Nagy was invited to form the New Bauhaus in Chicago in 1937.  The exhibition showcases the New Bauhaus/Bauhaus-influenced works from this period and beyond, including treasures from the UIMA's rich collection.

Moholy-Nagy:

Lawrence Joseph Lange:

Stanley Tigerman, architect of the UIMA building:

Elena Rakochy:

Konstantin Milonadis:

Konrad Wachsmann:

Tadao Takano:

Michiko Itatani:

Lines in space

A couple of surprises at Hamburger Kunsthalle yesterday - I almost missed them since they were both in the old building.  All about expressions of lines in space ...

Jean Leppien's paintings, evident of his Bauhaus background, from his retrospective Vom Bauhaus Zum Mittelmeer:

Monika Grzymala's installation Raumzeichnung (Kubrick) from her solo exhibition Mono Meros:

Bauhaus façade

From this past summer, façade of Walter Gropius's 1925 Bauhaus main building in Dessau:

Haus Moholy-Nagy/Feininger: magical flights

Staircase of Haus Moholy-Nagy/Feininger, one of Walter Gropius's 1925 Meisterhäuser in Dessau for the Bauhaus masters:

Haus Kandinsky/Klee: kaleidoscope of colours

One of Walter Gropius's 1925 Meisterhäuser in Dessau, Haus Kandinsky/Klee is a kaleidoscope of Bauhaus colours:

Meisterhäuser: layers of colours

Walter Gropius's 1925 Meisterhäuser in Dessau are the crystallization of Bauhaus ideas.  The use of colours in these legendary houses was unparallel.

Haus Moholy-Nagy/Feininger:

Haus Muche/Schlemmer:

Haus Kandinsky/Klee:

I've got too many pictures I wanted to post from Haus Kandinsky/Klee.   I'm going to include them in another post tomorrow.

Bauhaus Meisterhäuser

It was my third time visiting Bauhaus at Dessau this past summer.  A short walk from the Bauhaus campus are Walter Gropius's 1925 Meisterhäuser.  Out of the four masters' houses built, only three still stand.

Haus Moholy-Nagy/Feininger:

Haus Muche/Schlemmer:

Haus Kandinsky/Klee:

 

I'll post pictures of the interiors of the Meisterhäuser tomorrow.