Aspen ’ s Legacy
THE RESNICK CENTER FOR HERBERT BAYER STUDIES RECENTLY OPENED AT ASPEN MEADOWS RESORT , DISPLAYING AN IMPORTANT TRIBUTE TO THE ICONIC ARTIST ’ S CAREER .
By JILLIAN DARA
THE ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY / ASPEN ILLUSTRATED NEWS COLLECTION
Herbert Bayer
28 I SALAMANDER 2023
R ecognizing the rich legacy of Herbert Bayer , the polymathic artist who designed the 40-acre Aspen Meadows Resort campus , the Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies opened in June of 2022 at the Aspen Institute with perhaps the most important tribute to Bayer to date .
“ The visitor shift has been astonishing ,” says Lissa Ballinger , Acting Director of the Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies . “ People are having meaningful and profound experiences in there — not running in and running out .”