Sunday, February 24, 2008

Kandinsky?

“I applied streaks and blobs of colours onto the canvas with a palette knife, and I made them sing with all the intensity I could...” – Wassily Kandinsky. If he was referring to the collection currently on display at Le meilleur à Paris, an art gallery in Paris, France, then he has successfully obtained his goal of creating not one, but numerous singing canvas’s of color.

The pieces are a collection of his finest work from previous years, certainly not the newest though. One of the pieces was an oil on canvas, completed in 1909, titled “Blue mountain.” His most recent on display was completed just a few months ago, titled “Several circles.” 12 paintings total, all obviously a work of Kandinsky. I say this because there is a certain cohesiveness to the paintings. Each is unique but all are painted with vivid, passionate color, contrasting a dark, soulless hint of black.

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That was an introduction to my art review of a selection of his work between 1909 and 1926. We were supposed to write in the tone of a pompous art critic but my lackluster vocabulary made that a little difficult for me. But I did my best! I wont copy and past my whole review here because of fear that whoever is reading this will loose their interest. The Selection of work I used was art on display at the Guggenheim Museum.
http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_works_71_0.html
^ check it out. Kandinsky is amazing.

1 comment:

ferulincha said...

About a month ago, one of my literature teachers introduced me, almost by accident, to Kandinsky. I did some research on my own, and I quickly became a fan.. though i must say I prefer his paintings from 1920 and on.

anyway, we both agree on the fact that kandinsky is amazing. i had to post this because, unfortunately, i haven't found anyone else who enjoys his paintings as much as i do.

be well.! :)