Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Anni Albers
I chose the work of Anni Albers because the first piece I was of hers, Knot 2 (1947), caught my attention. The primary colors used in such a chaotic yet precise way allows the eye to follow each string on its journey through the knot. If other colors were used or even one more string was in place, making sense of the knot would become a task too difficult to see through. I feel as though her colors in her other work such as Study For A have three colors for a purpose as well. To clearly understand and be able to make sense of the chaotic or busy subject matter, color is not an asset, it's a distraction.
Alma Siedhoff-Buscher
Alma Siedhoff-Buscher's work is unique from the rest because she chose to create wooden sculptures, an area of art formerly identified with male figures. She went outside her comfort zone by avoiding the traditional weaving methods other Bauhaus women had focused on. Alma invented a large variety of children's toys including a "small ship-building game" shown on the right which is interestingly still in production today. The use of primary colors is also attractive and supports the simplicity of young minds. Overall, her decision to work on something out of the ordinary is inspiring and encourages me to think outside the box.
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in addition, I think this is really cool because it looks so modern but it was made so long ago. Her art is work renowned and is currently at the Met
Margarete Heymann
When Margarete Heymann joined the Bauhaus, it was not qual paying and many of the women students were guided into weaving because it was a "female" activity. Margaret refused to go into weaving and insisted on studying ceramics, but left after a year due to a clashing with her teacher. After leaving the school she got married and they opened their own poetry studio. Her pieces are composed of simple shapes with a modern look, colored with shades of yellow and blue. After losing many husbands and having many fall outs with male counter parts, Margarete founded Grete Pottery where she sold her pieces until it was closed down during World War II. She then move to London where she decided to take up painting. Today all a successful designer needs is talent and determination. Today all an artist needs is talent and determination to be successful but when gender, geography, genre, and timing are against you talent and determination are not enough.
Margarete Heymann
I chose Margarete Heymann because I was interested in the fact she left the Bauhaus School at a young age because she wanted to embrace her artwork and creativity through ceramics. I chose her because I like how she is very original in her ceramic work that uses beautiful design, color and originality in her glazes. I was also interested in her because of her backstory. She opened her own shop but had to sell it because she was Jewish and had to flee to England to avoid persecution. This move then sparked her to start work painting.
Gunta Stolzl
I chose Gunta Stolzl because I fell in love with her textile work. I am a big fan of sewing so her art work stood out to me. I enjoy how she puts different patterns of cloths together and she's able to combine them together in such a unique way. What I love most about textile art is the fact that each piece of cloth has a story behind it. While I was growing up and still till this day, I always wanted to put a textiles together from my ancestors and my own childhood to make a blanket. Textile is such a different style of art because you can take so many different approaches when doing it and you will still have a master piece at the end.
Alma Siedhoff-Buscher
The subject of this article was obviously interesting to me as it pertains to my own work focusing on the advances of the women's movement. I chose to focus on Alma Siedhoff-Buscher because her work reminded me of the toys that I used to have when I was a kid. I thought it was very interesting that Alma was involved in the male-dominated wood sculpture department. It was already difficult enough for women to be recognized at that time, let alone in a field filled largely with men. I appreciate that her work allowed for creativity to be spread to the user of her toys. Normally, building blocks are the sort of toys left to boys to play with - perhaps to inspire future engineers. I was glad to see toys that were normally "boy toys" created by a woman, and meant for all children to use.
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