Catapult to modernity: Big Plans!. Applied modernism in Saxony Anhalt, 1919-1933

12/09/2016. Set of exhibitions in different cities of Germany. 05.04.2016 > 01.07.2017
metalocus, LAURA CENTELLAS

In the 1920s, the industrial region of central Germany experienced extraordinary changes that catapulted it into modernity. Many artists, architects, engineers, entrepreneurs and politicians developed ideas, visions, models and more sophisticated projects for a modern society. Ideas for a new architecture and a new teaching which are reflected in this exhibition.

Sample of the exhibition 'Modern Figures, Visionaries and Inventors'. Transport of 'Tschudi' from the hall to the field (detail), 1909. Photo by Ernst Wandersleb, Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde, Archiv für Geographie

Sample of the exhibition 'Modern Figures, Visionaries and Inventors'. Transport of 'Tschudi' from the hall to the field (detail), 1909. Photo by Ernst Wandersleb, Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde, Archiv für Geographie

Sample of the exhibition 'Hugo Junkers – Visionary ,Entrepreneur ,Promoter of Modernity'. Museum of technology 'Hugo Junkers'in Dessau. Photography ©Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau

Sample of the exhibition 'The Deaconess Cloister – Lasting Testimony to a Lived Idea'. Entrance of the church (in the background the main building). Photography Diakonissen-Mutterhaus.

Sample of the exhibition 'Neo Luna Park – Search for pleasure,create pleasure '. The Collective Girls“ at the Burg festival 'New Objectivity', 1925. Photography Stadtarchiv Halle (Saale).

Poster of the exhibition 'Lyonel Feininger: Paris 1912. Return of a Missing Painting'.

Sample of the exhibition 'Textile Art at Burg Giebichen-stein in the 1920s'Lying wool 1924, Johanna Schütz-Wolff, Nachlass Schütz-Wolff

Sample of the exhibition: 'Karl Völker, Rudolf Schlichter and other members of the November Group'. Come in 1924, Rudolf Schlichter, Privatbesitz Offenbach

Sample of the exhibition: 'Maramm Magdeburg – Modern Advertising and Exhibition City'. Walter Dexel, The Sport exhibition Magdeburg 1929. Poster © Nachlass Walter Dexel.

Sample of the exhibition: 'Garden City 100'. 'Neu-Rössen' in Leuna (designed by architect Karl Barth)

Sample of the exhibition: 'Colourful City – New Architecture. The Architecture of Carl Krayl'.The expressionistic painting of Carl Krayl at the house in the Otto-Richter-Street 1922, reconstructed in 2000

Sample of the exhibition: 'Xanti Schawinsky - From Bauhaus into the World'.Hebbel: Herodes + Mariannchen, Xanti Schawinsky 1926, Gouache and pencil on paper, Xanti Schawinsky Estate, Zürich

Sample of the exhibition: 'JOACHIM BROHM State of M.'.Joachim Brohm: Mies Model Study (Golfclub) C V, 2014. Photography Copyright Joachim Brohm | VG Bild-Kunst

Sample of the exhibition:'The People of Leuna – Photographs from the Factories'. Machine hall with a circulating pump of the absorption system Bau Me 11 in the ammoniac fabrication, 26th April 1919. Photography Land Archive Saxony-Anhalt, Department Merseburg, I 525 Leuna-Werke. Photo Collection Nr. G 2717

Sample of the exhibition: 'Magdeburg Pilot Rocket, Masters of the Skies, Visionaries, Inventors'.Vorbereitung einer Rakete. Photography ©Technikmuseum Magdeburg

Sample of the exhibition: ''.View of the Leuna plant on October 20, 1920. Photography Landesarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt, Abteilung Merseburg, I 525 Leuna-Werke, Photo Collection No G 3659 b.

Sample of the exhibition: 'Cast concrete and Zollinger roof Cycle tours of the Zollinger quarter'.ät des Konstrukteurs und Städtebauers Friedrich Zollinger, 1937/38. Photography Privatbesitz

Sample of the exhibition: '80 Years: Feininger in Quedlinburg 1936-1956- 1986-2016 30 Years Lyonel- Feininger- Galerie'.Exhibition in the Lyonel-Feininger-Gallery, Quedlinburg. Photography Lyonel-Feininger-Gallery, Museum for graphical Arts

Big Plans! Modern Figures, Visionaries and Inventors. Applied modernism in Saxony Anhalt, 1919-1933 is an exhibition of exhibitions, from which the different displays can be found in a variety of German cities: Dessau, Halle, Magdeburg, Merseburg, Leuna, Quedlinburg or Elbingerode, offers small pills on the main agents of change catapulting the Germany of the 1920s to modernity. A Bauhaus Dessau Foundation project in association with each of the exhibitions, It can already be seen from May 4th, 2016 and up to January 7th, 2017.

Associated Exhibitions:

Modern Figures, Visionaries and Inventors 04 May 2016 – 06 Jan 2017. Daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Bauhaus Dessau Foundation

Hugo Junkers – Visionary ,Entrepreneur ,Promoter of Modernity 14 May – 31 Oct 2016.Daily 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Technikmuseum "Hugo Junkers"

The Deaconess Cloister – Lasting Testimony to a Lived Idea 01 May – 31 Oct 2016. 1st Sun of the month from May to Oct from 11 a.m. Please announce your visit by phone (039454-80). 01 May – 31 Oct Diakonissen-Mutterhaus

Neo Luna Park – Search for pleasure,create pleasure 16 Jul 2016 – 17 Jul 2016. Daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle

Lyonel Feininger: Paris 1912. Return of a Missing Painting 24 Oct 2016 – 29 Ene 2017. 24 Oct 2016 – 29 Jan 2017. Mon, Tues, Thurs to Sun and Bank Holidays 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle

Textile Art at Burg Giebichen - stein in the 1920s 11 Aug – 20 Nov 2016.Wed to Fri 2–7p.m.
Sat to Sun 2–6p.m. Kunstverein Talstrasse e.V.

Karl Völker, Rudolf Schlichter and other members of the November Group 28 Apr – 24 Jul 2016
Mon to Fri 2–7p.m. Sat to Sun 2–6p.m. Kunstverein Talstrasse e.V.

Maramm Magdeburg – Modern Advertising and Exhibition City 01 Jun – 11 Dec 2016. Daily 12 a.m. – 6 p.m., Thu 12 a.m. – 8 p.m. Forum Gestaltung

Garden City 100 30 Mar – 18 Sep 2016. Fri to Sun 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. City of Leuna

Colourful City – New Architecture. The Architecture of Carl Krayl 28 Oct 2016 – 12 Feb 2017. Tue to Fri 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sat to Sun 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg

Xanti Schawinsky Retrospective 21. Jun – 25. Sep 2016. Tue to Fri 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sat to Sun 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen

JOACHIM BROHM State of M. 22 Mar – 12 Jun 2016. Tue to Fri 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sat to Sun 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen

The People of Leuna – Photographs from the Factories 30 Apr – 31 Oct 2016. daily 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Kulturhistorisches Museum Schloss Merseburg

Magdeburg Pilot Rocket, Masters of the Skies, Visionaries, Inventors from 27 May 2016 – long-term exhibition. 01 Apr to 31 Oct: Tues to Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. 01 Nov to 31 Mar: Tues to Sun 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Technikmuseum Magdeburg

100 Years: Leuna – daily Life, Crises, Global Successes 04. Jun – 31. Oct 2016. daily 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Kulturhistorisches Museum Schloss Merseburg

Cast concrete and Zollinger roof Cycle tours of the Zollinger quarter 16 Jul – 06 Aug 2016. 16 / 23 / 30 Jul and 6 Aug 2016 at 2 p.m. Meeting point: Train station Merseburg. Please reserve in advance. Cycle tours of the Zollinger quarter

80 Years: Feininger in Quedlinburg 1936-1956-1986-2016 30 Years Lyonel- Feininger- Galerie 25. Jun – 19. Sep 2016. Wed to Mon, Bank Holidays 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.