Bauhaus Taschenbuch 24 - Handle with Care: Unpacking a Bulky Table /anglais - Couverture souple

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9783959053556: Bauhaus Taschenbuch 24 - Handle with Care: Unpacking a Bulky Table /anglais
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 395905355X ISBN 13 : 9783959053556
Editeur : Spector Books, 2020

Synopsis

Marcel Breuer's Isokon table as a case study for the museum object

In 1936, Hungarian-born Bauhaus designer Marcel Lajos Breuer (1902-81) used cut and bent plywood to fashion a prototype of a wide, soft-edged table for the Isokon Furniture Company in London. Today a fixture of the Bauhaus collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum and an emblem of the movement's furniture design sensibilities, Breuer's table presents an interesting curatorial conundrum: what happens to an everyday object when it becomes part of a museum collection

This book investigates the material stories, social practices and various phases of commodification and ownership represented by this single object. Delving into the detailed history behind Breuer's table and the exhibition thereof, it also explores the institutional practices of the museum in its project of object archival.

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Éditeur
Spector Books
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
395905355X
ISBN 13 
9783959053556
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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