''Pressa'' was an International Press Exhibition held in

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between May and October, 1928. As German exhibitors were barred from participating in the ''Exposition International des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modern'' held in

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in 1925, that this exhibition was held in Germany indicated the rehabilitation of Germany as regards international projects of this kind.

Pavilions

Soviet Pavilion

El Lissitzky Lazar Markovich Lissitzky (russian: link=no, Ла́зарь Ма́ркович Лиси́цкий, ; – 30 December 1941), better known as El Lissitzky (russian: link=no, Эль Лиси́цкий; yi, על ליסיצקי), was a Russian artist ...

was responsible for the

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pavilion, which received critical acclaim. He had the support of Aleksandr Naumov, Sergei Senkin and

Gustav Klutsis Gustav Klutsis ( lv, Gustavs Klucis, russian: Густав Густавович Клуцис; 4 January 1895 – 26 February 1938) was a pioneering Latvian photographer and major member of the Constructivist avant-garde in the early 20th centur ...

Czechoslovak Pavilion

Ladislav Sutnar was responsible for the

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pavilion. In this he was aided by

Augustin Tschinkel Augustin Tschinkel (1905, Prague – 1983, Cologne) was a Czech artist active with the Figurative Constructivist art movement. Tschinkel went to Cologne, Germany to attend the '' Pressa'' exhibition there. He was working with Ladislav Sutnar who ...

Advertising constructions

As well as country pavilions, companies also contributed buildings. Pressa-Ausstellung 1928 Immakulata-Kapelle, D

HAG-Turm

The HAG-Turm was a 42m tower built for Café HAG. This was built in 70 days. The architect was

Bernhard Hoetger Bernhard Hoetger (4 May 1874 in Dortmund – 18 July 1949 in Interlaken) was a German sculptor, painter and handicrafts artist of the Expressionist movement. Life Hoetger was the son of a Dortmund blacksmith, he studied sculpture in Detmold f ...

, an architect who had previously worked for

Ludwig Roselius Ludwig Roselius (2 June 1874 – 15 May 1943) was a German coffee merchant and founder of the company Kaffee HAG. He was born in Bremen and is credited with the development of commercial decaffeination of coffee. As a patron, he supported arti ...

, the founder of Café Hag. The building had ten storeys which contained all the working machinery necessary to create a working factory. 37 flags were on display on the front of tower representing the global reach of the company. Statistical and historical information was provided about coffee production, highlighting the part played by Café HAG. Scientific and medical experts were also present to provide further information to the public. Café HAG had become famous for their process of decaffination and so there was also information about the bad effects of

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on human and animal health.

References

External links

Fostinum: Photos from the Pressa Exhibition
1928 in Germany Art exhibitions in Germany 20th century in Cologne {{Germany-art-display-stub