Modernism at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

[Salv]

For those Loungers who will be in London over the coming months, there is what looks to be a fascinating exhibition devoted to Modernism 1914-1939 at the Victoria & Albert Museum, running from 6th April to 23 July.

Highlights will include:
The 1932 AD-65 Ecko Radio, designed by the great British industrial designer and architect Wells Coates:

Marcel Bruers 1925 Club Chair:

The 1937 Tatra T-87 Saloon Car from Czechoslovakia:

Edward McKnight Kauffers advertising work for Shell-Mex BP c. 1937:

 

[Mr. 'H']

Looks great.... I take it you're going Salv?

 

[Salv]

First in the queue Mr. 'H'...

I'm due to be off-shift on the opening day, and it's during the school Easter holidays so a family trip to the V&A will be planned.

 

[Mr. 'H']

It'd be cool if you could take some photos and post them here.

 

[Salv]

I will certainly try to remember my camera, but I meant to take it to the London Lounge dinner and forgot. There's bound to be a catalogue to accompany the exhibition, and I'm bound to want one, so I can probably scan some pictures in if I do forget the camera.

 

[Salv]

More Modernism in London

Tate Modern is currently running an exhibition dedicated to the work of Josef Albers and L?ɬ°szl?ɬ? Moholy-Nagy two key figures in the development of Modernism in the 1920's and 30's. This brief introduction is from the Tate Modern website:

This thought-provoking and visually stunning exhibition is a long overdue opportunity to rediscover two pioneers of Modernism: German-born Josef Albers (1888-1976) and Hungarian-born L?ɬ°szl?ɬ? Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946).

Though their careers overlapped for barely five years, when both taught at the Bauhaus, their creative visions shared a number of concerns. These include an emphasis on experimentation, the subversion of traditional boundaries between high and applied art and a Utopian belief in art as a force for positive social change.

Spanning four decades, the exhibition takes as its starting point the early 1920s, when Albers and Moholy independently developed a rigorously abstract language. Of particular focus is the creative explosion of the Bauhaus years, when both artists moved freely between medias and disciplines. It follows their separate paths through to their emigration to the US in the 1930s, where both men continued to tirelessly push the conventions of artistic practise. As highly influential teachers, Albers and Moholy became important catalysts for the transition of Modernist ideas from Europe to the 'New World'.

With more than 200 works in a variety of media ranging from painting and moving sculptures to photography, film, furniture and graphic design, this will be the first Tate exhibition dedicated to early Modernist abstraction for more than two decades.

 

[matei]

Thanks for sharing that with us Salv.

Any excuse to visit the Tate is fine with me, as it is one of our fave places to stroll around on a weekend...