a Bauhaus multi-media artist

jtk · Dec 2, 2019

The work of Photrio participants often seems locked-into rigid categories...a grotesque example being this "Photographic Aesthetics and Composition" category.

We often seem unaware of art that isn't photography, photography that involves music or motion, photographers that saw more fulfillment in painting (e.g. HCB, Robert Frank), or painters (e.g. Picasso) that made important photographs (possibly inspiring cubism).

Somehow we're so poorly educated that we never learned about Bauhaus.

https://artsandculture.google.com/theme/the-legacy-of-bauhaus-master-oskar-schlemmer/pQLC-i7Y-5JnKQ

Carter john · Dec 2, 2019

Thanks for posting this, I never heard or have seen any of it.

AgX · Dec 2, 2019

I think the Triadic Ballet was quite known in Germany even before the Bauhaus anniversary.

AgX · Dec 2, 2019

jtk said:
Somehow we're so poorly educated that we never learned about Bauhaus.

Reason may be that those Bauhaus people emigrated to the USA were there successful as creators but were not as people promoting a new form of design-schooling (if they did at all).

https://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=https://www.ingenieur.de/technik/fachbereiche/architektur/das-bauhaus-in-amerika/

jtk · Dec 6, 2019

One powerful example of Bauhaus influence in US was Whole Earth Catalog.

AgX · Dec 6, 2019

First time I learn of this magazine, but what I read about it in the respective Wikipedia articles does not make me think of Bauhaus at all, but rather of the Reformbewegung (reformation movement) that started in Germany in the late 19th century. And which then had its influence on the Bauhaus idea.

Arklatexian · Dec 7, 2019

jtk said:
The work of Photrio participants often seems locked-into rigid categories...a grotesque example being this "Photographic Aesthetics and Composition" category.

We often seem unaware of art that isn't photography, photography that involves music or motion, photographers that saw more fulfillment in painting (e.g. HCB, Robert Frank), or painters (e.g. Picasso) that made important photographs (possibly inspiring cubism).

Somehow we're so poorly educated that we never learned about Bauhaus.

https://artsandculture.google.com/theme/the-legacy-of-bauhaus-master-oskar-schlemmer/pQLC-i7Y-5JnKQ

All of which brings us to the 'almost' two hundred year old question, what does all that have to do with "photography". Maybe the Nazis were more successful than they thought in their attempts to destroy "Bauhaus" and everything connected with the movement in Europe. Might be useful if we all asked Google, etc. about the Bauhaus movement. Bauhaus may have been important, also, in the "design" of cameras. ...........Regards!

etn · Dec 7, 2019

Thanks for sharing! Tel Aviv has nice Bauhaus buildings if you are into this architectural style. My girlfriend and I love it, we took a long walk through the city to see them when vacationing there. Let me check if I have a worthwhile pic or two to share (need to scan them first)

macfred · Dec 7, 2019

For our German (and maybe Dutch) users here ...

There is a remarkable Oskar Schlemmer exhibition in the Von der Heydt - Museum in Wuppertal - Elbersfeld. Exhibition started on November, 11th and will end on February, 23rd 2020.
Main focus is on the late stage of Schlemmer though the Bauhaus years are also represented.
To officially accompany the exhibition there are some additional lectures - for example about Oskar Schlemmers „Triadisches Ballett“ with Bettina Wagner-Bergelt from the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.

https://www.von-der-heydt-museum.de/Oskar_Schlemmer.html
https://www.von-der-heydt-museum.de/Oskar_Schlemmer_Begleitprogramm.html

AgX · Dec 7, 2019

Arklatexian said:
Bauhaus may have been important, also, in the "design" of cameras.

Well, though photography played an important role at the Bauhaus, within their range of product design there had not been the slightest attempt at camera design.
However it may have had influence of some sober camera and projector designs of the 50s and 60s, by german creators, well known and unknown.
With the dissolving of the Bauhaus its lecturers and students did not vanish. Some sticking to Bauhaus ideas came back to lecturing or had other contacts with younger designers.

awty · Dec 7, 2019

I don't know much about art, but "Bauhaus" is such a great title, much better than impressionism or cubism or pop art, etc.

macfred · Dec 7, 2019

About a year ago we had the exhibition “Bauhaus and America. Experiments in Light and Movement” at the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kulturi Münster, NRW / GER. Some remarkable works from Schlemmer were displayed.
The exhibition catalogue is still available. https://www.bauhaus100.com/programme/eventdetails/220/

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juan · Dec 7, 2019

I’m amused that the original poster assumed we are uneducated clods. Have you learned about a different view of Bauhaus from the American social commentator Tom Wolfe in “From Bauhaus to Our House?”

AgX · Dec 7, 2019

Well, the OP indeed stated:
"Somehow we're so poorly educated that we never learned about Bauhaus."
However his references hinted at an understanding of Bauhaus beyond architecture.

jtk · Dec 7, 2019

juan said:
I’m amused that the original poster assumed we are uneducated clods. Have you learned about a different view of Bauhaus from the American social commentator Tom Wolfe in “From Bauhaus to Our House?”

Juan, if you're asking me... No, I learned about Bauhaus from a former Bauhaus student (Trude Guermonprez) and from Jay Baldwin, industrial designer and producer of Whole Earth Catalog.

jtk · Dec 7, 2019

etn said:
Thanks for sharing! Tel Aviv has nice Bauhaus buildings if you are into this architectural style. My girlfriend and I love it, we took a long walk through the city to see them when vacationing there. Let me check if I have a worthwhile pic or two to share (need to scan them first)

I look forward to your photos..

jtk · Dec 7, 2019

juan said:
I’m amused that the original poster assumed we are uneducated clods. Have you learned about a different view of Bauhaus from the American social commentator Tom Wolfe in “From Bauhaus to Our House?”

I don't know what "we" you identify with, but I've found that yes, many photographers are "uneducated clods" around art/design activities other than camera use.

removed account4 · Dec 7, 2019

juan said:
I’m amused that the original poster assumed we are uneducated clods. Have you learned about a different view of Bauhaus from the American social commentator Tom Wolfe in “From Bauhaus to Our House?”

hey juan
i know im an uneducated clod ! welcome home

etn · Dec 8, 2019

Regardless of whether we are uneducated or not, I believe that most folks here have many other interests than photography. And photography being art, the other interests surely include different forms of art. As such, sharing links such as the original post should always be welcome in a community such as ours. (I, for one, found it interesting) This is also what distinguishes us from pure gearheads (and gearhead forums) in my opinion. My 2 cents.

juan · Dec 8, 2019

It’s always hard to communicate on forums. I didn’t mean to insult anyone, if I did. And I’ll assume jtk didn’t mean to be, either. Tom Wolfe’s take on Bauhaus is probably much different than that of the folks jtk learned from. And all photographers who are serious should study the other arts, except jnantz who seems to do fine as a clod.

removed account4 · Dec 8, 2019

hi juan
we're all clods to be honest, i claim and am happy to take ownership my ignorance+ clod'dom and love learning new stuff
jtk
yeah ... bauhaus is great, the whole multidisciplinary approach to the arts+LIFE is fantastic because it forces people to notice if one barely scratches the surface of anything
everyting is inter-related. kind of like 7 degrees of separation but not even 7 more like maybe 1 or 2 ...
the trick is to make the barriers one has semi-permeable and allow for cross pollination, and allow the bees in life to do their thing

Mick Fagan · Dec 8, 2019

I've always thought that the Linhof Color 4x5" camera was a Bauhaus design derived camera.

https://www.google.com/search?q=lin...cAHZoICOwQ9QEwBHoECAgQDA#imgrc=YeXxOi2C64RX2M:

It is far better looking than its successor, Linhof Kardan Color.

Anyone into typography will know about Bauhaus, some truly wonderful stuff emanated from there.

Mick.

AgX · Dec 8, 2019

I would call it instead 50s design.

Mick Fagan · Dec 8, 2019

AgX said:
I would call it instead 50s design.

Yes, it is that, but if you look at quite a few things designed in the fifties and compare them to some of the design stuff that emanated from the Bauhaus school of design and form, then I myself see great similarities.

At least I thought I did.

Mick.

jtk · Dec 8, 2019

Having owned, used, and paid bills shooting a Color I would call it a kluge. More attention to curvy lines than to function. Definitely not something I'd associate with Bauhaus (not style ...it was an approach to learning, a school). More of a Buick than a Volkswagen.

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