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The Applied Arts of the Brücke Artists
An illuminating survey that sheds new light on a little-known aspect of the Brücke artists: their works of applied art.
In addition to their renowned paintings, the members of the German expressionist group Brücke also designed furniture, jewelry, and textiles. This catalog provides an overview of the Brücke artists’s work in the applied arts and their use of materials. It highlights the innovation, creativity, and unconventional approach of the group’s experiments in the decorative arts. Which production methods and creative contexts were formative for the artists of the Brücke group? Centered on three key materials—wood, metal, and textile—this richly illustrated volume examines the conditions that informed their artistic practice and offers new insights into their work. In-depth essays are complemented by conversations with contemporary practitioners. Visually compelling, the publication presents a wide spectrum of artistic positions from a fresh perspective.
Table of Contents
Lisa Marei Schmidt and Katia Baudin
Lived art – the Brücke group’s approach to the applied arts. An introduction
Lisa Marei Schmidt and Aya Soika
The Brücke artists and the arts and crafts reform in Dresden
Aya Soika
Use for life – aesthetics for life. Applied art as idea, form and task at the beginning of the 20th century
Henrike Haug
Thinking with the hands. Creative collectives and applied art in European modernism
Lucie Blind
Applied art in built spaces. Stained glass and mosaics
Aya Soika
ART USE ACT. A collage of thoughts on education and outreach: the applied arts in the Brücke-Museum
Daniela Bystron and Ximena Gutiérrez Toro
WOOD
List of works with object texts by Valentina Bay
Omnia animata – everything has a soul. Wood as a working material in the applied arts of the Brücke
Christiane Remm and Lisa Marei Schmidt
No two woods are the same
Lisa Marei Schmidt in conversation with Valentin José Kammel
Glossary Wood
METAL
List of works with object texts by Natascha Hellwag
Metalworks and jewellery in the decorative arts of the Brücke
Christiane Remm
Craftsmanship and creativity belong together
Christiane Remm in conversation with Elisabeth Schotte
Glossary Metal
TEXTILE
List of works with object texts by Ann-Kathrin Hörrlein
Textile collaborations. Design, technique and authorship in the Brücke circle
Anika Reineke
On knots and stitches
Anika Reineke in conversation with Lisa Reichmann
Glossary Textile
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