“Herbert Bayer believed in making life better for everyone – not just the elite, but for the common man,” said Aspen Historical Society Curator, Lisa Hancock. Having grown up in Aspen, Hancock found a new appreciation of the modern aesthetic as she worked on the exhibit. She discovered that some of the aspects of Aspen architecture that she had long admired were Bayer-inspired, such as the Bayer fences distinguished by their crenellated tops and slender pickets. As Hancock states in the exhibit catalogue, the exhibit “will change the way you view Aspen, whether this is your first visit, or have spent a lifetime here.”
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