Eclectica Design and Art Gallery introduces this elegant, new gallery and creative space with an exhibition, Bauhaus Revisited, that celebrates art and design.
As the understandings around consumerism developed in the 20th Century, the focus of the art world turned toward a different means for creative output and discourse. A crucial meeting-point for art and design came about in the means with which artists looked for alternate practice and working. With the Bauhaus and De Stijl movements of the 1920s and 1930s, artists began reconsidering the function of architecture and design.
By ‘revisting’ the Bauhaus process and understanding, new possibilities begin to open up that can speak to the state contemporary art and design.
Creating a space for collaboration and experimentation, Bauhaus Revisited works with prominent designers and artists, just as the Bauhaus School sought to join artistic efforts. The notion of the art object and the reconsidering of art practice are represented as physical manifestations in the curation of furniture within the gallery space for each creator-curator. From local artists, Albert Coertse, Richard Scott and Natasha Barnes, to interior decorators, architect and designers Shelley Street, Frank Böhm and Haldane Martin, the creative collaborations further the vision of Eclectica Design and Art to form a platform for new possibilites.
WHERE: Eclectica Design and Art Gallery 179 Buitengracht Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
WHEN: until Saturday 18 October. Talk with Andrew Lamprecht on Friday 4 September 19:30.
INFO: Olivia or Suzannè T 021 4220327 E admin@eclecticadesignandart.co.za Visit Facebook
PHOTO CREDIT: Alessandro Mendini, Italy
Calambio commode
for Zanotta
Beech and other wood, polychrome, modern hinges
84 cm H X 131 cm W X 40 cm D
