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Sous ce titre ''De l'autre côté'' sont rassemblées les oeuvres de trois femmes photographes originaires d'Allemagne et qui, portées par le vent de l'histoire, se sont exilées à la fin des années 1930 en Amérique du Sud. Après avoir suivi une formation photographique en Allemagne, dans le cadre de l'école légendaire du Bauhaus ou au studio de Paul Wolff — dont le nom est(...)
octobre 2018
De l'autre côté : photographies, Jeanne Mandello, Hildegard Rosenthal, Grete Stern
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Sous ce titre ''De l'autre côté'' sont rassemblées les oeuvres de trois femmes photographes originaires d'Allemagne et qui, portées par le vent de l'histoire, se sont exilées à la fin des années 1930 en Amérique du Sud. Après avoir suivi une formation photographique en Allemagne, dans le cadre de l'école légendaire du Bauhaus ou au studio de Paul Wolff — dont le nom est étroitement associé à la marque Leica —, elles ont toutes trois commencé d'exercer leur métier à Berlin, Paris et Londres. Puis chacune d'elles a traversé l'Atlantique en direction d'un pays différent pour poursuivre sa carrière : Grete Stern en Argentine, Hildegard Rosenthal au Brésil et Jeanne Mandello en Uruguay. Trois destins qui ont en commun l'exil et le désir de liberté; trois oeuvres qui incarnent les multiples facettes de la photographie de leur époque.
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In 1973, American artist Barbara Kasten (born 1936) began experimenting with various photographic and printing techniques, resulting in a series of 24 diazotypes--a process used to produce architectural blueprints. For these staged mise-en-scène works, produced while Kasten lived in California, a female student was hired by the artist to pose in various photographs on a(...)
novembre 2015
Barbara Kasten: The diazotypes
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In 1973, American artist Barbara Kasten (born 1936) began experimenting with various photographic and printing techniques, resulting in a series of 24 diazotypes--a process used to produce architectural blueprints. For these staged mise-en-scène works, produced while Kasten lived in California, a female student was hired by the artist to pose in various photographs on a chair outdoors. In them, a kind of performance unfolds, in which the body becomes entangled in forms and shapes, the overlaid printed grid on the photographs emphasizing the human figure against a determined space. These images--with their clear Bauhaus influence, insistence on the two-dimensional plane and determined staging--initially appear to be totally unlike the abstract conceptual photography for which Kasten has become known, but are nonetheless a visible precursor to her later work.
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Laszlo Moholy-Nagy was one of the Bauhaus' most influential teachers; his photographic skills, as well as his writing on the subject, helped to secure the medium's integral place in modern art. One of Moholy-Nagy's most notable contributions was his extensive exploration--from 1922 through 1943--of the aesthetic possibilities of the photogram (he coined the term). These(...)
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Lazlo Moholy-Nagy: the photograms
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Laszlo Moholy-Nagy was one of the Bauhaus' most influential teachers; his photographic skills, as well as his writing on the subject, helped to secure the medium's integral place in modern art. One of Moholy-Nagy's most notable contributions was his extensive exploration--from 1922 through 1943--of the aesthetic possibilities of the photogram (he coined the term). These ghostly traces of objects placed on photographic paper during exposure are part of a prolific legacy that included painting, sculpture and stage design. Moholy-Nagy's photograms have become emblematic of the medium, though they have yet to be fully critically explored. This exhaustive volume examines the artistic, technical and biographical circumstances under which the works were created, places them in relation to other parts of Moholy-Nagy's practice and analyzes selected pieces at length.
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From the world heritage of Wroclaw to that of Dessau : the path of Modernism architecture, 1900-1930
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An unusual journey between Breslau and Dessau, from the World Cultural Heritage of the Centennial Hall (1913) to the World Cultural Heritage of Bauhaus dating from the twenties : and there are many highpoints of modern architecture in-between—in Görlitz, Dresden-Hellerau, Leipzig or Chemnitz, for example. Almost all the great modernist architects are gathered together(...)
novembre 2009
From the world heritage of Wroclaw to that of Dessau : the path of Modernism architecture, 1900-1930
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An unusual journey between Breslau and Dessau, from the World Cultural Heritage of the Centennial Hall (1913) to the World Cultural Heritage of Bauhaus dating from the twenties : and there are many highpoints of modern architecture in-between—in Görlitz, Dresden-Hellerau, Leipzig or Chemnitz, for example. Almost all the great modernist architects are gathered together here, from Hans Poelzig and Henry van de Velde to Heinrich Tessenow, Richard Riemerschmid, Hans Scharoun, Erich Mendelsohn and even Walter Gropius. But the focus is also on the cities themselves; at a very early date, their progressive building councillors thought hard about European urban development — about buildings ranging from striking tower blocks to top-quality mass housing. This publication illustrates an important chapter of architectural history in an original, condensed-format travel guide.
Modern lighting of the '50s
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In 1953 the journalist and publisher Alexander Koch published his book 'Neuzeitliche Leuchten' (Lighting in the Modern Era). Nowadays Koch’s then selection of lighting by international designers and manufacturers seems truly visionary. Koch presents a spectrum of diverse designs, whose origins lay not only in the addition of basic geometrical shapes as with the(...)
Modern lighting of the '50s
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In 1953 the journalist and publisher Alexander Koch published his book 'Neuzeitliche Leuchten' (Lighting in the Modern Era). Nowadays Koch’s then selection of lighting by international designers and manufacturers seems truly visionary. Koch presents a spectrum of diverse designs, whose origins lay not only in the addition of basic geometrical shapes as with the pre-war avant-gardists, but also in the respective temperaments of the different countries of origin. It is very apparent that after the war America, Scandinavia and Italy exerted a strong influence on designs hitherto rather dominated by Bauhaus purism in Germany. An organic design concept, emancipated from the ideal of a machine and inspired by artists such as Alexander Calder, Henry Moore and Naum Gabo, along with new materials and manufacturing techniques, gave rise to designs with enormous innovative energy.
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Le dépassement de l'« art »
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Alexander Dorner écrivit le dépassement de l’ «art» en 1947, à dessein de reconstruire les outils dont se servent l’histoire de l’art, l’esthétique et la muséologie, – à commencer par le concept d’art. Indissolublement lié à la représentation d’un espace à trois dimensions peuplé de formes exprimant des essences immuables, l’ «art» était, à ses yeux, voué à céder le pas à(...)
Le dépassement de l'« art »
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Alexander Dorner écrivit le dépassement de l’ «art» en 1947, à dessein de reconstruire les outils dont se servent l’histoire de l’art, l’esthétique et la muséologie, – à commencer par le concept d’art. Indissolublement lié à la représentation d’un espace à trois dimensions peuplé de formes exprimant des essences immuables, l’ «art» était, à ses yeux, voué à céder le pas à une «nouvelle espèce de communication visuelle» qui serait en phase avec les découvertes de la physique. Il en voyait l’émergence dans le travail d’artistes-designers, issus du constructivisme et du Bauhaus. L’ouvrage explicite en outre les principes ayant guidé Dorner dans ses expérimentations muséologiques : premier directeur d’un musée d’art contemporain, dont il aurait aimé faire une «centrale électrique sociale» productrice de nouvelles énergies, Dorner demeure une référence cruciale pour nombre d’historiens de l’art, de conservateurs et de commissaires d’exposition.
Théorie de l’art
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One of the fundamental considerations in landscape architecture is whether to create something which appears to be natural, or to design something deliberately artificial. Always moving between nature and artifice the art of landscape architecture expresses itself in a sensitive awareness of time and place. If the design is not to become a mere ornament, then it must be(...)
Texte zur Landschaft / About landscape : essays on design, style, time and space
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One of the fundamental considerations in landscape architecture is whether to create something which appears to be natural, or to design something deliberately artificial. Always moving between nature and artifice the art of landscape architecture expresses itself in a sensitive awareness of time and place. If the design is not to become a mere ornament, then it must be supported by concepts and visions, daring to create something new from the existing surroundings. This collection of essays which have been published over the last decade in Topos – European Landscape Magazine, is a valuable contribution to the literature in the specialised field of landscape architecture. The authors include Paolo Bürgi who writes on dimensions of memory, Joachim W. Jacobs who investigates the Bauhaus and the theory of space, and Kathinka Schreiber who takes a critical look at landscape in film.
Revues
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A fascinating exploration of how photography, graphic design, and popular magazines converged to transform American visual culture at mid-century This dynamic study examines the intersection of modernist photography and American commercial graphic design between 1930 and 1960. Avant-garde strategies in photography and design reached the United States via European(...)
Modern look: photography and the American magazine
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A fascinating exploration of how photography, graphic design, and popular magazines converged to transform American visual culture at mid-century This dynamic study examines the intersection of modernist photography and American commercial graphic design between 1930 and 1960. Avant-garde strategies in photography and design reached the United States via European emigres, including Bauhaus artists forced out of Nazi Germany. The unmistakable aesthetic made popular by such magazines as Harper's Bazaar and Vogue-whose art directors, Alexey Brodovitch and Alexander Liberman, were both immigrants and accomplished photographers-emerged from a distinctly American combination of innovation, inclusiveness, and pragmatism. With more than 150 revolutionary photographs, layouts, and cover designs, 'Modern Look' considers the connections and mutual influences of such designers and photographers as Richard Avedon, Lillian Bassman, Herbert Bayer, Robert Frank, Lisette Model, Gordon Parks, Irving Penn, Cipe Pineles, and Paul Rand.
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Never use Futura (unless...)
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It's everywhere, including the moon (on the commemorative plaque left by Apollo 11 astronauts), Nike sneakers, the artworks of Barbara Kruger, Ed Ruscha, and Jenny Holzer, 2001: A Space Odyssey credits, Domino's Pizza boxes, Absolut Vodka bottles, and Red Bull cans. Futura and its typographic offspring have been the face of presidential campaigns from Richard Nixon to(...)
octobre 2017
Never use Futura (unless...)
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It's everywhere, including the moon (on the commemorative plaque left by Apollo 11 astronauts), Nike sneakers, the artworks of Barbara Kruger, Ed Ruscha, and Jenny Holzer, 2001: A Space Odyssey credits, Domino's Pizza boxes, Absolut Vodka bottles, and Red Bull cans. Futura and its typographic offspring have been the face of presidential campaigns from Richard Nixon to Hillary Clinton. Indeed, Futura is one of the most used fonts in the world today the typeface of modern design more so even than Helvetica. This fascinating book explores the cultural history and uses of a face that's so common you might not notice, until you start looking, and then you can't escape it. Douglas Thomas traces Futura from its Bauhaus-inspired origin in Paul Renner's 1924 design, to its current role as the go-to choice for corporate work, logos, motion pictures, and advertisements.
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Graphic Design as an artistic genre wasn't universally accepted until the early 20th century. This book focuses on the pivotal years of 1919-1933 to show how fifty artists redefined the field and helped create modern graphic design. Art historian and graphic artist Alston Purvis provides a concise and engaging overview of the dawn of modern graphic design and the artistic(...)
juin 2019
The enduring legacy of Weimar: Graphic design & new typography 1919-1933
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Graphic Design as an artistic genre wasn't universally accepted until the early 20th century. This book focuses on the pivotal years of 1919-1933 to show how fifty artists redefined the field and helped create modern graphic design. Art historian and graphic artist Alston Purvis provides a concise and engaging overview of the dawn of modern graphic design and the artistic possibilities that were laid bare in a seismically shifting Europe. He explores how a variety of burgeoning and established movements contributed to the innovations of graphic design such as the German Dadaists, the Bauhaus School, and the European avant-garde artists. He looks at how groundbreaking trends in typography, the rise of consumerism, and a new focus on schools of graphic design combined to create a new language of design that is still in use today.