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- Influence of the Bauhaus on Japanese Photography
Influence of the Bauhaus on Japanese Photography
4.14 Sun. 13:00—14:30
Ryosokuin
[ENG / JP]
Free
*Application for this event is now closed as it has reached the maximum capacity.
Join the Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation Director Christiane Stahl and photo critic Kotaro Iizawa as they explore the influence of the Bauhaus on Japanese photography. Followed by an introduction of the KYOTOGRAPHIE exhibition by the curator Sonia Voss.
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, KYOTOGRAPHIE presents the first Japanese exhibition of Alfred Ehrhardt (1901-1984), a major photographic artist of the German avant-garde.
Composer, painter, and filmmaker, as well as photographer, Ehrhardt studied at the Bauhaus in 1928-29. Dismissed from his teaching post by the National Socialists, he moved to the North Sea in 1933, where the natural structures of the tidal flats inspired his first series of photographs: “Das Watt” (“The Tidelands”). Series on Crystals, Shells, Corals and other natural forms followed. Looking back to the German Naturphilosophen and scientists of the 19th and early 20th centuries who studied the geometry of nature, Ehrhardt’s photographs also evince the principles of the Bauhaus in their focus on composition, materiality, rhythm, and movement.
Join the Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation Director Christiane Stahl and photo critic Kotaro Iizawa as they explore the influence of the Bauhaus on Japanese photography. Followed by an introduction of the KYOTOGRAPHIE exhibition by the curator Sonia Voss.
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, KYOTOGRAPHIE presents the first Japanese exhibition of Alfred Ehrhardt (1901-1984), a major photographic artist of the German avant-garde.
Composer, painter, and filmmaker, as well as photographer, Ehrhardt studied at the Bauhaus in 1928-29. Dismissed from his teaching post by the National Socialists, he moved to the North Sea in 1933, where the natural structures of the tidal flats inspired his first series of photographs: “Das Watt” (“The Tidelands”). Series on Crystals, Shells, Corals and other natural forms followed. Looking back to the German Naturphilosophen and scientists of the 19th and early 20th centuries who studied the geometry of nature, Ehrhardt’s photographs also evince the principles of the Bauhaus in their focus on composition, materiality, rhythm, and movement.
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- * This is a free event but booking is required.
* It is recommended to arrive at least 10 mins before the event starts to avoid disappointment.
* 5 mins before the event starts, we will fill the remaining seats.
- Ryosokuin
- 591, Komatsu-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, 605-0811
Keihan Line “Gion-shijo” station. 7 min on foot from exit 3
Hankyu Line “Kawaramachi” station. 10 min on foot from exit 1
