Bauhaus twenty-21
An Ongoing Legacy
Photographs by Gordon Watkinson
Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus, Bauhaus twenty-21: An Ongoing Legacy creates a visual and theoretical dialogue between the timeless modernism of Bauhaus architecture and the vision of contemporary practitioners, offering a unique perspective on Bauhaus design philosophy as it relates to architecture and its relevance in today’s society.
The Press:
“The most original exhibition and publication on the topic of the Bauhaus came 2009 from New York photographer Gordon Watkinson: […] a project at the intersection between conceptual art and architecture theory, that one can only recommend.”
Hans-Michael Koetzle, PHOTO International (Germany)
“Watkinson succeeds not only in unveiling traces of the Bauhaus in contemporary architecture; his photographs bring buildings to life as real tangible experiences, wondrously tinged in grey and blue.”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany)
“For the American photographer Gordon Watkinson, the architecture of the Bauhaus masters Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Hannes Meyer, Georg Muche and Richard Paulick are works of art, which he has portrayed with discerning reverence. […] In the DAM in Frankfurt, this photographic dialogue is played out in a landscape of room-high planes that evoke the modernist ideal of flowing space. The exhibition illustrates just how much the appearance and inventiveness of architecture is linked to developments in society.”
Radio Bayern 2 (Germany)
“A true revelation.”
Nice Matin (France)
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