bauhaus imaginista
© GI-Kolkata, Indian Museum/Image credit: Soumya Sankar Bose and Abhirup Dasgupta
bauhaus imaginista opened up a transnational perspective on the history of modernist art and design—a history marked by war and dictatorship, the Cold War, the non-aligned movement and independence movements that erupted across the developing world, and, finally, the mid-twentieth century’s unrestricted promise of modernization. The exhibition relooks at a shared language of modernity between India and Europe despite their different backgrounds.
Central to the installation is a computer terminal where visitors can browse the bauhaus imaginista online journal and print out visual and textual material to compile in the folders provided. A separate film programme features newly commissioned works on Bauhaus themes and histories by contemporary artists and researchers Zvi Efrat, Kader Attia, the Otolith Group and Wendelien van Oldenborgh.
A new installation by Sanchayan Ghosh featuring sculptural forms designed to frame the bauhaus imaginista archive, respond to the space of the museum, as well as echo architectural structures found in paintings by both Gaganendranath Tagore and Rabindranath Tagore along with archival images of Tagore's Santiniketan and Paul Klee.
We present you with an array of interesting online programmes between September and October 2021 as a prelude to the exhibition. The programmes will feature internationally renowned experts conversing and discussing about a variety of related topics to deepen your insights about the concept.
Events
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Responding to bauhaus imaginista
Discussion | Collected Research at the Indian Museum, Kolkata - An Overview
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Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata, Kolkata
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English
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Modernism-in-Process: Bauhaus in Calcutta 1922 and in Dessau 2013
Talk
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Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata, Kolkata
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English
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Bauhaus and Pedagogy
Bauhaus, Santiniketan and modern design education in India
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Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata, Kolkata
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