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Avant-Garde Art in Everyday Life
June 11–October 9
Galleries 182–184

Avant-garde artists of the early 20th century were determined to bring art out of academic or bohemian isolation and into mainstream daily life.

An international cohort identified with Dada (c. 1916–22), Constructivism (begun in 1921), and the Bauhaus art school (1919–33) worked to revolutionize the everyday in pursuit of this goal.

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The six artists featured in this exhibition chose a professional identity as designers rather than fine artists, and they rejected brushes and pencils in favor of drafting tools and photography. They took inspiration from urban popular culture and the nascent mass media and also participated in the media stream through advertising, posters, and work for the illustrated press.

Everyday life meant communications, and they sought above all to improve the flow and quality of information in society.

Dutch industrial designer Piet Zwart (1885–197