Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Assignment 2: Abstract Art


Wassily Kandinsky was an early abstract artist. Born in Russia in 1866, after pursuing a degree in law and economics, he became "the theorist of abstract painting", according to authors at artelino.com. Kandinsky is kind of like a "father" of abstract art. As stated in an article on Art.com, Kandinsky associated a lot of his art with music due to his history as an accomplished musician. I believe that this piece was inspired by music. This piece of art may take someone a few times to begin to appreciate it or understand it. The colors used are kind of bland and the lines and shapes don't really make much sense. This work of art has parts of it that seem very simple, yet also have parts that show difficulty. The unexplained and unclear feeling created by this piece, may make the viewer feel possibly frustration felt by the artist. With abstract art, I feel like it is very hard to understand what the artist is feeling because everyone expresses their emotions differently. If I had to take a guess, I would say that Kandinsky was frustrated when he created Improvisation No. 23. I do, however, feel that the more you view this painting, the more you can appreciate it. It is much more intricate than one may think at first glance. The colors used in this painting wouldn’t portray feelings of happiness. The dull colors would further the guess that the feeling felt by the artist was frustration.

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