1895 -1946 · Hungary, Berlin, Bauhaus, London and New Bauhaus of Chicago

Light, transparency, photography and industrial materials make Moholy-Nagy the living laboratory of the Bauhaus.

Laszló Moholy-Nagy was born in 1895 in Bácsborsod, Hungary. Injured during the First World War, he began drawing and then joined the constructivist networks of Budapest, Vienna and Berlin after 1918. His geometric paintings explored transparent, diagonal planes and color relationships such as light phenomena. Walter Gropius invited him in 1923 to the Bauhaus, where he directed the metal workshop and participated in the preliminary course. Moholy-Nagy defended a new unity of art, technology and life in 1923. With Lucia Moholy, he defended the photogram, an image obtained without a camera by direct exposure of objects on sensitive paper. He also works on film typography, scenography, design and kinetic sculpture. His Space-Light Modulator transformed mechanical movement, reflections and shadows into an autonomous show. After Berlin, Amsterdam and London, he moved to Chicago in 1937 to direct the New Bauhaus, then founded the School of Design, now the Institute of Design. Until his death in 1946, he taught experimentation as a method for understanding materials and building a more human modern environment. Until his death in 1946, he taught experimentation as a method for understanding materials and building a more human modern environment. Until his death in 1946, he taught experimentation as a method for understanding materials and building a more human modern environment. Until his death in 1946, he taught experimentation as a method for understanding materials and building a more human modern environment. Until his death in 1946, he taught experimentation as a method for understanding materials and building a more human modern environment. Until his death in 1946, he taught experimentation as a method for understanding materials and building a more human modern environment. Until his death in 1946, he taught experimentation as a method for understanding materials and building a more human modern environment. Until his death in 1946, he taught experimentation as a method for understanding materials and building a more human modern

For Moholy-Nagy, light not only illuminates the work: it becomes a material that can be constructed, moved and learned.