Art + Design: The New Bauhaus
Fri, Jan 08
|Virtual Cinema
Can art and design change the world for the better? How does immigration fuel American culture? This documentary explores the role of design and culture in civic life through the inspiring philosophy and artworks of László Moholy-Nagy. RSVP for link to join a Filmmaker Q&A, 8pm, Wednesday, Jan.13th.
Time & Location
Jan 08, 2021, 12:00 AM – Jan 14, 2021, 11:59 PM
Virtual Cinema
About the event
The New Bauhaus (2019). Dir. Alysa Nahmias, 89 Minutes. Tickets are $12. for one week of viewing access: https://www.thenewbauhaus.com/epsilon-spires
RSVP on this page for link to join the online filmmaker conversation: 8pm, Wednesday, Jan.13th.
After being forced into exile by the Nazis, radical Hungarian artist László Moholy-Nagy moved to Chicago in 1937 and spearheaded “The New Bauhaus,” a movement descended from the famous German school. An original Bauhaus member, Moholy-Nagy took a pioneering interdisciplinary mixed-media approach to art and design that was vastly ahead of its time. Motivated by the challenge of creating within the limitations of the Great Depression and then World War II, Moholy’s embrace of artistic versatility and technological possibility continues to reverberate in the artworld today. With recent major retrospectives at The Guggenheim Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, and LACMA, Moholy is now receiving recognition he never received in his lifetime. Featuring intimate interviews with…