Chicago’s Bauhaus Legacy
August 9 – September 29, 2013 Exhibition Opening: Friday, August 9, 6 – 9 p.m. Opening reception: August 9, 2013, 6~9 pm The exhibit showcased art and design by students of Moholy- Nagy’s schools from 1937-1955. The New Bauhaus, School of Design in Chicago and Institute of Design. In addition, life work of both teachers and students was shown, from 1937 to the present.
T. Paul Young
Harold Cohen
Harold Cohen furniture & artwork
Harold Cohen
Gallery opening
Art Paul
Exhibit organizer
Elsa Kula
block printslight fixture from Chicago
Institute of Design
Harold Cohen
Saturday panel
Exhibition chair
The Third Coast
Moholy Nagy, Gwedolyn Brooks, Mayor Daley, Mies van der Rohe,
Saul Bellows, Frank Lloyd Wright, Hugh Hefner, Studs Terkel, Walter
Paepcke, Muddy Waters, Walter Gropius, Ray Kroc, Nelson Algren,
and a number of Chicago artists and leaders are featured in Thomas
Dyja’ new book, Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American
Dream.
Extensive coverage is given to Moholy’s Institute of Design (often
called the American Bauhaus). This is an excellent companion book
to Al Gowan’s Shared Vision.
Design at Southern Illinois University
