Word: bauhausization
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...Bauhaus art is self-consciously the art of the Machine Age, the age in which, according to Walter Gropius, the school's founder, the dominant spirit is "the idea of a universal unity in which all opposing forces exist in a state of absolute balance...
...second trend--frequently embraced by the same artists--proceeds from another Bauhaus principle expressed by Gropius in 1923. "We perceive every form," he wrote, "as the embodiment of an idea, every piece of work as a manifestation of our innermost selves. Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning." The most familiar examples of this concept are Paul Klee's fantasies but, Feininger and, especially, Wassily Kandinsky submit to the same influence...
...these men were experimenters and, although their experiments sometimes fail artistically, they add considerable excitement to the Bauhaus work: some utilized the texture of the cloth they paint on, others created directly on photographic film without a camera, carved into laminated plastic, or painted on glass. And most of them not only painted but designed buildings, fabrics, furniture, and tried their hands at other arts relevant to the visual environment...
Unfortunately, the Busch has assembled an exceedingly unimaginative show out of fascinating materials. With no hint of an understanding for the effects the movement has had on contemporary art and architecture, and with little consciousness of the unifying concept the Bauhaus had of the arts, the Busch merely presents the viewer with unrelated objects...
BUSCH-REISINGER MUSEUM: "Artists of the Bauhaus," a collection of German art from 1900 to 1960, including examples of painting, sculpture, and industrial design from the museum's collection. Starts Tuesday...