The Hidden Transgressive Face of Bauhaus
Bauhaus, among many other design movements and disciplines, has had great influence on contemporary architecture. Many claim that the school is in fact a pillar in modern-day architecture and design with its rationality, simplicity, and efficiency. However, behind Bauhaus? smooth surfaces, a life of violence, occultism, sexuality, and pharmacology was taking place.
Paul Citroen: Mazdaznan Cures, 1922. © 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / c/o Pictoright Amsterdam / Photo: Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin
Bauhaus, among many other design movements and disciplines, has had great influence on contemporary architecture. Many claim that the school is in fact a pillar in modern-day architecture and design with its rationality, simplicity, and efficiency. However, behind Bauhaus? smooth surfaces, a life of violence, occultism, sexuality, and pharmacology was taking place.In a recent article on Metropolis Magazine, Princeton University School of Architecture professor and architectural historian Beatriz Colomina explains how Bauhaus was a ?cauldron of perversions?, suppressing transgressive ideas and pedagogies. Read more »
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Paul Citroen: Mazdaznan Cures, 1922. © 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / c/o Pictoright Amsterdam / Photo: Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin
Bauhaus, among many other design movements and disciplines, has had great influence on contemporary architecture. Many claim that the school is in fact a pillar in modern-day architecture and design with its rationality, simplicity, and efficiency. However, behind Bauhaus? smooth surfaces, a life of violence, occultism, sexuality, and pharmacology was taking place.In a recent article on Metropolis Magazine, Princeton University School of Architecture professor and architectural historian Beatriz Colomina explains how Bauhaus was a ?cauldron of perversions?, suppressing transgressive ideas and pedagogies. Read more »
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