Who here knows the Bauhaus?

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Angie Cosimano / Portfolio Center
Atlanta, GA

Who here knows the Bauhaus?
Who here knows the Bauhaus?
Who here knows the Bauhaus?

CHORUS
Don’t you know it got
Art by Paul Klee, Kandinsky, and Lissitzky
Manifesto that is sayin’ what it really means

Who here knows the Bauhaus?
Who here knows the Bauhaus?
Who here knows the Bauhaus?
I teach at the Bauhaus.

Gropius leads this school of utopia
Artists and craftsmen, as one, no jokin’ ya

Who here knows the Bauhaus?
Who here knows the Bauhaus?
Who here knows the Bauhaus?
I teach at the Bauhaus

Built in Weimar city, sittin pretty, gonna speak the truth
It’s not what you’re taught it’s who you are, don’t forget your roots
We have workshops for you
No class divisions fool
We’re here to challenge you
You best pick up a tool
We’re a community
Vorkurs will help you see
What you can really be
Please take a class with me
Art-will-change-your-life bro
For-get about fear bro
We’re-kindred-spirits bro ya better understand me bro
Know we’re about big goals
We’ll reach deep in your souls
We’ll make some chairs and bowls
Our designs don’t have holes
Beauty and function rules
Maybe diagonals
We had to move the school
Now Meyer is in control

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Walter built the buildings
Itten was a guru
Josef Albers and Kandinsky even taught here too
Art is meaningful
Study essentials
Reach your potential
This is quintessential
Don’t you want to come here?
It’s like a new frontier.
Expressionism to Constructivism might be here
Abstract forms are so cool
Designs will make you drool
Say nice things don’t be cruel
Nazi’s shut down our school
See all that attitude’s unnecessary dude
Germans are cranky, they’re not in a good mood
Chi-town is our new home, where we will not get booed
And Naj will lead us on and we’ll get better food

Art by Paul Klee, Kandinsky, and Lissitzky
Manifesto that is saying what it really means

Who here knows the Bauhaus?
Who here knows the Bauhaus?
Who here knows the Bauhaus?
Now you know the Bauhaus.