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I hot footed it to the Bauhaus exhibition at the Barbican as soon as it opened, and shared a few thoughts on this week’s Design Geekery column.
“Design Geekery; Bauhaus Art As Life
I recently spent a very interesting evening exploring the Barbican’s new exhibition, Bauhaus Art As Life. I went to the Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin many years ago and have been hooked on all things Bauhaus every since. The art and design school itself was only open for a…”
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This article was published 14 years
I’m very interested in the Bauhaus women. They were discouraged from doing furniture or architecture and made to do textiles or pottery instead. Marguerite Friedlaender Wildenhain went on to design tableware for industry (KPM in Berlin) and became a leading studio potter in America. Grete Marks designed pottery and later settled in England but the potteries in Stoke-on-Trent weren’t very receptive to her ideas.
Wow. Thanks so much for that insight Linda. I definately need to find out more about these ladies!
Here are some pictures of them:
http://pinterest.com/lindathepotter/modernist-lady-potters/
Hi from a classmate from BYW! Having a quick peek at some of the blogs and can already see that I’ll be a regular on yours!
Thank you – lovely to meet you!
Sounds like an amazing exhibit!
I love learning about new art all over the world.
Thanks for the insights.
Wishing you all the best,
Mary (from BYW 2.0)
Thanks Mary!