Kandinsky
by Vivian Endicott Barnett, Christian Derouet, Wassily Kandinsky
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Author: Christian Derouet, Vivian Endicott Barnett, Wassily KandinskyEditor: Tracey Bashkoff
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-10-31
ISBN: 089207390X
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Guggenheim Museum
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Book Review: Art as the expression of an "inner necessity"
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is the catalogue for the current blockbuster Kandinsky exhibition held at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, which already appeared in Munich and Paris. It is divided into several chapters which tackle such aspects as Kandinsky and America, Kandinsky's relationship with the art dealer and critic Herwarth Walden, founder of the art gallery, publishing company and art magazine "Der Sturm" in the early 1910's (who was to become one of the major proponents of Kandinsky's art, as well as that of the other members of the Blaue Reiter), Kandinsky and abstraction (and the sources of inspiration that lead the artist to follow such a radical path), etc. An interesting essay by Vivian Endicott Barnett (one of the most respected Kandinsky scholars) studies the artist's career as a succession of self-recreations and decisive turning points.
Even though there are no close-ups, the illustrations are of a high quality and manage to give the viewer a fair idea of the explosive power of Kandinsky's large compositions and of his gift as one of the major colorists in the history of art. The accompanying essays have, to my knowledge, no equivalent in other publications in English, and therefore this book is a must-have for anyone interested in the "founder of abstraction".
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