I think Bauhaus did a great service to typography and layout, which I appreciate and admire. Looking at the objects though, I can't imagine living happily with everything being Bauhaus. I mean that is one ugly chair.

Spent hours at this exhibit last week--amazing and wonderful. Bauhaus was so much more than a particular aesthetic (which in any case, was an evolving aesthetic developed by/contributed to by many different artists from varied disciplines), but a revolutionary approach to the teaching of art and the connection between art and community in a particular historical moment. There's a reason the Nazis found the school threatening enough to warrant its closure.

Both the aesthetic and the ideas about art/function/materials still resonate today, at least for me. Doesn't mean you'd have to live surrounded by Bauhaus style (though many of us wouldn't mind). I was inspired to witness the impact of so many talented people coming together to think about, make, live with art. The exhibit's demonstration of Albers' student exercises on color theory alone make this exhibit well worth seeing. Friday nights from 4-8 pm are free (just line up on the 53rd Street side for your free ticket first, then go on inside).