KANDINSKY - I spy with my little eye (english version of the official movie for exhibition 2010)

Summary

The documentary highlights the intriguing journey and artwork of Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky, a pioneer in abstract art. Born in Moscow in 1866, Kandinsky started in law before his passion for art took over, leading him to abandon his legal career. His art, renowned for its vibrant colors and abstraction, challenges conventional realism and emphasizes emotional and spiritual resonance. Through his transformative journey across Russia, Germany, and France, Kandinsky's works evolved from mystical landscapes to geometric abstractions, showcasing his belief in art's potential to evoke profound inner experiences and spiritual awakening.

Highlights

• Kandinsky's art demands an open mind, urging viewers to see with their 'innermost eye.' 👁️
• His journey through New York's Guggenheim illustrates his impact on art collectors worldwide. 🗽🖼️
• Born in Russia, Kandinsky was deeply influenced by colorful folklore and fairy tales. 📚🇷🇺
• Encountering Monet’s works was a pivotal moment, prompting his shift from law to art. 🎨
• In Munich, Kandinsky's 'Young Wild Ones' battled tradition, pushing artistic boundaries. 🎨💥

Key Takeaways

• Kandinsky, a Russian genius, invites you to see beyond the ordinary and embrace the abstract. 🎨
• A transformative visit to a Moscow exhibition spurred Kandinsky to abandon law for art. 🎓➡️🎨
• His works invite viewers to engage emotionally, beyond preconceived notions. 🎭
• Kandinsky's abstract art utilizes color and form to evoke spiritual vibrations. 🌈✨
• Despite initial resistance, his unique style eventually captivated worldwide audiences. 🌏

Overview

Embark on a colorful journey through the mind of Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian avant-garde artist who thrusted abstract art into the spotlight. Born into a prosperous family in Moscow in 1866, Kandinsky initially pursued a path in law. All this changed, however, when an encounter with Claude Monet's work awakened a deep artistic drive within him, prompting him to abandon his legal profession.

Kandinsky's art is renowned for its vibrant colors and abstraction, stripping away the physical forms to reveal deeper emotional and spiritual meanings. His works are like visual symphonies, employing forms and colors to evoke profound inner experiences, often compared to music. From Munich to the Russian countryside, his style evolved, remaining vibrant and dynamic, yet increasingly abstract and geometric over time.

Despite a turbulent era marked by world wars and political upheaval, Kandinsky's art continued to thrive and inspire. His life was a testament to perseverance through change, as he adapted to various cultural environments from Germany to France, ultimately leaving a lasting impact on modern art. His journey wasn't just about breaking from tradition but creating a new language of color and form that spoke directly to the soul.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction to Kandinsky The introduction establishes Kandinsky as a multifaceted individual: a Russian, a gentleman, and an artist, but emphasizes his genius above all these traits.
• 00:30 - 01:00: The Enchanting Influence of Kandinsky The chapter titled 'The Enchanting Influence of Kandinsky' discusses Kandinsky's powerful and captivating influence on millions of individuals. It warns about being drawn into his enchanting world, implying his ability to open one's 'innermost eye,' perhaps suggesting a deeper understanding or perspective through his work. The setting appears to be in Munich, specifically at or around the lanbar house, where Kandinsky holds a significant presence.
• 01:00 - 01:30: Opening the Innermost Eye The chapter titled 'Opening the Innermost Eye' suggests a journey towards a deeper understanding or realization. The concept of truly seeing 'censi' metaphorically represents gaining insight or enlightenment, which has not yet been fully achieved according to the transcript fragment.
• 02:00 - 03:00: Kandinsky in New York The chapter titled 'Kandinsky in New York' begins with music.
• 02:30 - 04:00: Guggenheim Museum and American Interest The chapter opens with the vibrant setting of New York at twilight, creating a sense of mystery and anticipation. The narrator hints at an exciting destination by mentioning the many lights of the city and an eagerness to take the reader along for a journey. As the narrative progresses, there’s a brief interaction with a passerby, requesting passage, indicating that the speaker and their companion have a special meeting or 'Rendezvous' planned, specifically with reference to Kandinsky, implying a visit to an art exhibition or museum related to the famous artist.
• 04:00 - 05:00: Encountering Kandinsky's Artwork An American billionaire met Kandinsky in Germany and purchased many of his paintings. He later established the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York to showcase these artworks, along with other treasures he collected throughout his life. The narration occurs within the context of being present at the museum.
• 05:00 - 06:30: Initial Confusion and Impact of Colors As visitors prepare themselves for the experience of viewing Kandinsky's paintings, there's a palpable sense of anticipation and reverence. The scene is set in a gallery where each person is quietly absorbing the artwork, emphasized by a soundtrack that enhances the contemplative atmosphere. The title suggests a focus on the disorientation and profound impact of colors encountered in Kandinsky's art.
• 06:30 - 07:30: The Role of the Viewer The chapter titled 'The Role of the Viewer' explores the subjective experience of engaging with art, particularly abstract pieces like those of Kandinsky. It touches upon how beauty in art is not always immediately apparent or traditionally 'pretty', and how these works might evoke confusion or be perceived as artificial. The chapter acknowledges that it's common for viewers not to instantly appreciate such artwork, implying that the role of the viewer includes grappling with personal perceptions and interpretations beyond initial impressions.
• 08:30 - 10:00: Journey to Kandinsky's Roots The chapter explores the impact of Russian artist Kandinsky's work, emphasizing the profound emotional and sensory responses that his use of color can evoke in the viewer. Kandinsky's technique of using various methods with the brush to create dynamic relationships between colors on the canvas is highlighted, suggesting that his art has the potential to deeply resonate with and thrill the observer.
• 10:00 - 12:00: Kandinsky's Early Life in Moscow The chapter titled 'Kandinsky's Early Life in Moscow' delves into his artistic journey, focusing on his unique painterly style that incorporates rhythm. Kandinsky's work is captivating as it intertwines parts of his world with that of the viewer, encouraging an open and unprejudiced perspective. He invites the audience to engage with his art without preconceived notions, allowing for a more profound and personal interpretation of his paintings.
• 12:00 - 15:00: Influence of Russian Culture and Colors The chapter discusses an individual's disdain for art critics regardless of their background or education. The individual values freedom and desires that viewers approach his art without preconceived notions. The aim is for viewers to be open to the spiritual sensations that his artwork evokes, inviting them on a journey to understand and connect with the artist's perspective.
• 16:00 - 18:00: Turning Towards Art The chapter takes the reader on a journey to Kandinsky's birthplace in Moscow, describing the vibrant atmosphere and iconic landmarks like the golden towers of the Basilica. This part of the text focuses on deepening the understanding of Kandinsky's world and, metaphorically, suggests a journey towards self-discovery through art. The use of music in the narrative adds an emotional and immersive quality to the experience.
• 18:00 - 21:00: Kandinsky's Artistic Evolution in Munich Kandinsky's journey began in a wealthy family where he was born on December 4, 1866. Despite his parents' later divorce, Vasil Kandinsky was raised by his aunt.
• 21:00 - 25:30: Modernity vs Tradition The protagonist embarks on a journey of self-discovery and finds a profound emotional connection with Russia, especially its harmonious blend of modernity and tradition.
• 25:30 - 31:00: Kandinsky's Relationship with Gabriel Munter The chapter explores the profound influence of Russia's rich tradition of myths, legends, and fairy tales on the Russian soul, particularly its affection for vibrant and dazzling colors. This cultural inclination is reflected in the distinctive style of Russian folk artists, who frequently employ a black undercoat in their paintings. Such techniques result in artworks where colors appear vivid and figures shine like miniature fireworks against a dark backdrop, akin to the example of a delicately painted souvenir described in the text.
• 31:00 - 36:00: The Blue Rider Movement The chapter titled 'The Blue Rider Movement' discusses the influence and contributions of Vasili Kandinsky, a prominent Russian painter. Kandinsky not only created impactful paintings but also explored the expressiveness of color, significantly influencing the art world. The chapter includes thematic music that enhances the connection to Kandinsky's artistic philosophy.
• 36:00 - 40:00: Kandinsky's New Artistic Principles The chapter explores Wassily Kandinsky's early life, focusing on his time as a student in Moscow. Despite studying economics and law, Kandinsky was deeply moved and inspired by art, signaling the beginning of his journey toward becoming a pioneer in abstract art. The chapter sets the scene in Moscow, describing it as a city magnificently lit up, hinting at the transformative era in which Kandinsky was about to embark upon his artistic path.
• 40:00 - 45:30: The Impact of War and Returning to Russia The chapter discusses a visit to a Moscow exhibition that profoundly impacted the narrator's life. They encountered a piece titled 'The H stack' by Claude Monet, which they originally couldn't recognize as a haystack. The discovery that it was a haystack came from reading the exhibition catalog, making the narrator feel embarrassed for not understanding the art initially. Kandinsky is mentioned as having a similar reaction, illustrating the unfamiliarity and challenge of interpreting modern art.
• 45:30 - 50:00: Final Farewell in Stockholm The chapter discusses a pivotal moment in an artist's life when they critiqued a painting perceived as indistinct but found it profoundly impactful, leaving a lasting impression. This experience prompted the artist, Kandinsky, to leave their legal career and reignite their passion for art.
• 52:00 - 55:00: Kandinsky in Dessau and the Bauhaus Wassily Kandinsky left Moscow in 1896, heading to Munich to pursue his art studies at the academy. This period was marked by groundbreaking scientific and technical discoveries that ignited a spirit of optimism at the dawn of the new century. The arts were also swept up in this fervor, challenging traditional norms and potentially overturning long-established conventions.
• 57:00 - 62:00: Kandinsky's Musical Colors The chapter titled 'Kandinsky's Musical Colors' explores the transformative period in the career of Kandinsky and his fellow modernist artists, referred to as the 'Young Wild Ones.' They shifted from mimicking nature to expressing their deepest emotions through their art, embracing abstraction that shocked and intrigued the art world. This radical change in style led to mixed receptions, garnering both ridicule and fascination. Kandinsky, in particular, experienced profound emotional turmoil as he navigated the evolving artistic landscape.
• 63:00 - 69:00: Exile and New Beginnings in Paris The chapter titled 'Exile and New Beginnings in Paris' discusses the challenges faced by the artist Kandinsky in gaining acceptance within the traditional art community. Despite the criticism and disdain towards his work, such as a gallery owner lamenting about needing to wipe spit from his paintings due to visitor disapproval, Kandinsky remained focused on finding like-minded individuals. His artistic style was considered too modern for the times, which led him on a quest to seek out others who shared his revolutionary perspectives, ultimately leading him to connect with the 'fank group.' This group was described as a loose affiliation of artists who resonated with his vision and ideas.
• 71:00 - 78:00: Exploring Kandinsky's Late Works The chapter delves into Kandinsky's later works and personal life, highlighting his influence on art students, including his protégé and partner Gabriela Münter. Their unconventional relationship caused a stir, especially since Kandinsky was already married. Despite embracing new ideas in his art, traces of material world objects can still be discerned in his earlier works.
• 81:00 - 86:00: Kandinsky's Legacy and Personal Reflection In this chapter, the focus is on Kandinsky's groundbreaking painting titled 'A Colorful Life,' which showcases a large number of old Russian characters seemingly from the Middle Ages. The scene includes a diverse crowd from various societal layers, such as a couple embracing, a woman with a child, a beggar, a priest, and a knight with a sword, among others. The chapter reflects on the diverse elements and the societal representation depicted in Kandinsky's work.

KANDINSKY - I spy with my little eye (english version of the official movie for exhibition 2010) Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 [Music] Kandinsky a Russian a gentleman an artist but more than anything else a genius
• 00:30 - 01:00 be careful if you get closer to him he has Enchanted millions of people and if he catches you he won't let you go either Munich lanbar house Kandinsky is waiting for you but what can he do for you personally the most important thing might be to open your innermost eye
• 01:00 - 01:30 but not until that happens will you truly be able to say I have really seen censi [Music] [Applause] [Music]
• 01:30 - 02:00 BL [Music]
• 02:00 - 02:30 Twilight in New York he's out there somewhere out there in this ocean of lights and he wants to show you something so come along and [Music] follow excuse me could you let us by please we have a Rendevous with Kandinsky
• 02:30 - 03:00 here we [Music] are an American billionaire once met Kandinsky in Germany and bought many of his paintings later on he built a museum for all the treasures he collected throughout his life the Solomon R gugenheim Museum in New York and that is where you are right now [Applause]
• 03:00 - 03:30 you'll see them in a minute the Kandinsky they're just a few steps further are you ready really ready for Kandinsky ready in your heart of hearts the other visitors are already immersing themselves devout silent contemplating the paintings so why don't you move a bit closer to get a better impression [Music]
• 03:30 - 04:00 they aren't really pretty paintings at all are they actually they're rather confusing almost artificial and you wouldn't be the first person who didn't like Kandinsky
• 04:00 - 04:30 but wait a moment give the Russian artist a chance wait and see what he wants to say to you it might awaken something thrilling deep within [Music] you the colors always have a very strong effect an effect that the viewer can trace quite easily by looking at how the artist worked with his canvas with the brush using different methods for different colors placing them in relationship to one another
• 04:30 - 05:00 introducing a rhythm into his painterly style I think this is one of the aspects that makes his work so fascinating but Kandinsky isn't only showing you parts of his world he also wants to take in something from yours Kandinsky certainly wanted the viewers of his pictures to be open and unprejudiced without without any prior
• 05:00 - 05:30 knowledge and it made no difference whether the viewer was educated or naive he hated critics people who looked at his pictures with preconceived notions in mind he wanted Freedom a very direct approach and he wanted the viewers to be receptive to the spiritual vibrations that his Works emit so how about coming along on our journey how about getting to know
• 05:30 - 06:00 Kandinsky a little better and even getting to know yourself a little better [Music] too we begin our Kandinsky journey in the artist's [Music] birthplace Moscow on a warm spring day the golden towers of the Basilica Sparkle in the sunlight and in the evening everything
• 06:00 - 06:30 is full of magic and [Music] enchantment the Kremlin the nerve center of Russia but first let's turn back the hands of [Music] time vasil Kandinsky was born on December 4th 1866 into the family of a wealthy Merchant however vasil's parents would later divorce and he was eventually raised by his aunt
• 06:30 - 07:00 during that time he discovered something that deeply moved his soul his love for Mother [Music] Russia have you ever been to Russia you haven't then come along and have a look can you see that Enchanted World Cottages that seem to have been taken from the pages of a fabulous story book a real world but one that reflects
• 07:00 - 07:30 Russia's love for myths Legends and fairy tales and something else has shaped the Russian's Soul its love for colors that are bright brilliant and dazzling that's probably one of the reasons why Russian folk artists often prefer to paint on a black undercoat just like on this souvenir a delicately painted fairy tale where each colored figure shimmers like miniature fireworks in the nighttime sky
• 07:30 - 08:00 [Music] and all of a sudden you feel close to this Russian to vasili Kandinsky who not only gave us this painting but also the expressiveness of color [Music]
• 08:00 - 08:30 [Music] Moscow is lit up magnificently this evening too as a student Kandinsky probably strolled across this square but something entirely different was stirring in his blood his heart was moved by Art rather than his studies in economics and law [Music]
• 08:30 - 09:00 a visit to a Moscow exhibition became a life-changing [Music] experience the H stack by Claude mon there's a lot to see but no Hast stack or is there Kandinsky later wrote I only found out it was a haystack from the catalog it was unrecognizable as such it was embarrassing that I couldn't tell what it was I also thought
• 09:00 - 09:30 the artist had no right to paint so indistinctly and I noted with astonishment and confusion that the picture was not only gripping but also irrevocably imprinted on my memory following this experience Kandinsky abandoned his successful legal career and rekindled his artistic life
• 09:30 - 10:00 Kandinsky left Moscow in 1896 and moved to Munich where he began studying art at the Academy scientific and Technical discoveries stoked a feverish Spirit of optimism at the turn of the century the Arts too were drawn into this Maelstrom and finally shook the foundations of the venerable acmis modernity battled against tradition and no one knew which was going to
• 10:00 - 10:30 [Music] win from this point on Kandinsky and the other modernist artists were called the Young Wild Ones they no longer copied nature but rather poured their entire Souls out onto the canvas they were taunted and ridiculed as exotic eccentrics and Kandinsky also felt the effects of this emotional upheaval
• 10:30 - 11:00 his critics dismissed him as good for nothing and a gallery owner once complained of having to dry off his paintings daily because of the many visitors who had spit on them kandinsky's time hadn't arrived yet he was still too modern for his [Music] contemporaries so Kandinsky kept a lookout for others who shared his views and found the fank group a loose circle
• 11:00 - 11:30 of art students one of his proteges was Gabriela munter with whom he was soon living together though the couple was unmarried that too caused a scandal because Kandinsky had already been married to another [Music] woman the time for new ideas had come but nevertheless you can still clearly recognize the world of material objects object s take for instance this early
• 11:30 - 12:00 groundbreaking painting titled a colorful life in kandinsky's large painting a colorful life you can see a great number of old Russian characters who seem to all come from the Middle Ages a large crowd of people young and old from all layers of society a couple embracing a woman with a child a beggar a priest a knight with a sword and many any more a
• 12:00 - 12:30 whole Panorama of human life but all presented very mysteriously on a black background the dots and patches of color that Define the figures are disassociative like a mosaic and behind them there's the curve of a river and above and beyond it a hill with a Kremlin town on top the typical colorful Russian Kremlin with its spires that Kandinsky often used in his later paintings too but in a more
• 12:30 - 13:00 encoded way hold on a second right now everything's still quiet here but kandinsky's artistic power is about to burst forth like a ferocious storm that is going to sweep all objects out of Art in just the plink of an eye Kandinsky and Minter looked for a quiet and inspirational place in the
• 13:00 - 13:30 country and found it at the foot of the Alps surrounded by Wilderness and luxuriant scenery more now now things gained momentum the objects finally began to lose their place within reality all of a sudden the painted Main Street of morau appears as a torrential purple River the church Tower in mno it does seem a bit crooked but that's exactly ly the point the world's Traditions are out
• 13:30 - 14:00 of place Kandinsky no longer asks is the tower straight he asks do you feel the storm raging within you soon afterwards Gabriela Minter bought a house in mnau at cotm Ali number six when the villagers noticed Kandinsky and his for the most part Russian compatriots coming and going during the Summers they began calling it The Russian house
• 14:00 - 14:30 and this will be the place where Kandinsky deprives objects of their external form as well yet Kandinsky was a really likable fellow he wore traditional Bavarian clothes worked in the [Music] garden and enjoyed cycling at first glance you would have called him a nice Sky nevertheless deep
• 14:30 - 15:00 in his heart of hearts he was a warrior with sharp [Music] claws then there was the experience of mno where Minter and Kandinsky spent the summer of 1909 painting together with verevkin and yavlinsky there was a sudden explosion of color the viewer can see how the objects represented became less and less important how color becomes the dominant Force and how a new musicality is introduced that no longer
• 15:00 - 15:30 consists of painting and copying real objects but is rather based on the experience of color as the artists themselves described it housekeeper now the path Kandinsky took was constantly rising to the next level of Fine Arts formulating a new world of forms and colors the few like-minded people who surrounded him evoked this
• 15:30 - 16:00 new basic principle of art on the outside mere paperwork yet on the inside a hurricane named de blower writer the blue Rider now Kandinsky and his fellow artist France Mark loudly proclaim a form is no longer a thing but rather something that vibrates deep within you your deepest hopes and fears triggered
• 16:00 - 16:30 by the power of colors and these are the blue Riders first with Mark then with Kandinsky the two pioneers of modern spirit in arts and what about you did you also catch sight of something he is gazing at Kandinsky rushes ahead and is nearly impossible to catch just like his beloved Knight sing St George battling
• 16:30 - 17:00 the dragon or the recurrent motif of the rower who faces the back current of a river another lonely fighter colors and forms have been liberated from one another as you can imagine the world had never seen anything like this before and that's why both critics and public were hostile towards Kandinsky they still hadn't
• 17:00 - 17:30 understood his ideas but there were a few patrons who believed in him and decided to support him and soon almost everyone knew of this Russian artist he often sat in the rustically furnished dining area of the munter house writing down his innermost thoughts in sentences like these the artwork is composed of two elements the inner and the outer the
• 17:30 - 18:00 inner is the emotion in the soul of the artist this emotion has the capacity to evoke similar emotions in The Observer and what do his artworks reveal now the Crooked Church Tower of mnau can no longer be seen all external forms have been discarded and only an inner feeling radiates from the canvas the
• 18:00 - 18:30 objects have vanished abstraction has arrived but don't be afraid what are you thinking of when you see something like this maybe this or even this many people will also be thinking along the same lines but that's exactly what Kandinsky rejected he doesn't want you to think of preserved images he wants you to listen to your heart of hearts blue it feels
• 18:30 - 19:00 like something transcendental do you feel it the same is true of forms what do you think of when you read this word you probably have another image stored in your head an object that you've seen thousands of times but kandinsky's writer is not an object it's a force a feeling that compels you to take the World by storm as though you were the only one who could save it the only hope that's left that's why
• 19:00 - 19:30 Kandinsky decided to sketch his riter with just a few lines and colors so that you're not distracted from your mission abstraction leaves something out and gives your inner eye the chance to attain true freedom and what about the rower he's slowly dissolving too fight in against the current in a sea of color
• 19:30 - 20:00 and then only existing as a few lines on the outside on the inside he's still struggling against the opposing forces the Kremlin kandinsky's home and kandinsky's deepest yearning it changes on the outside but never on the inside what does that mean the canvas
• 20:00 - 20:30 suddenly shows something coming from the artist's innermost soul and it finds its way into your innermost [Music] [Music] Soul this example shows very clearly how color and form now pull in two directions the lines are now mere black
• 20:30 - 21:00 Contours that vaguely Define the figures and shapes while the colors float freely within the space of the picture this picture of course has a very significant but highly encoded content the figures are emerging from an arched Gateway they then go through the blue as it were blue is the color of the spirit and are then elongated and then in the Violet on the other side they experience something like an epiphany or an
• 21:00 - 21:30 Enlightenment with paintings like these Kandinsky really was trying to express the spiritual in art vibrations of the Soul these are completely new motifs that kinsky introduced into 20th century painting kandinsky's name his works and thoughts spr spr and became increasingly
• 21:30 - 22:00 popular objects had finally discarded their outer layer to reveal their determining power deep within their heartstrings but suddenly everything came to a halt again with the beginning of World War I the blue Riders August mcka and France Mark fell on the battlefield Kandinsky the Foreigner was forced to flee
• 22:00 - 22:30 Germany the beginning of a long [Music] Odyssey Kandinsky went to Switzerland Russia Sweden then returned again to
• 22:30 - 23:00 Russia 1915 in Stockholm he meets Gabriel amter again but this was to be the final farewell back in Moscow Kandinsky married once more the General's daughter Nina both of them lived in this Moscow tenement owned by the artist this city is the ground from which I draw my energy and where I can live the inner life that my work
• 23:00 - 23:30 demands following the 1917 October Revolution Kandinsky became a cultural administrator for the new government but he soon fell from favor and was forced to leave Russia this would be the last time he saw his beloved Home [Music] Country he returned to Germany in 1921 first he moved to Berlin then viar and
• 23:30 - 24:00 finally to desau where an entirely different Kandinsky was about to appear desau in Eastern Germany south of Berlin an old Bakery it's been closed for many decades and is soon to be renovated we discover it by chance it immediately takes us back to the 1920s [Music]
• 24:00 - 24:30 this is how it might have looked when he moved to desau and who knows maybe vasili Kandinsky used to buy his bread here about a 100 yards away stands a building that looks as though it had been designed by contemporary architects in fact this sophisticated design dates
• 24:30 - 25:00 from the 1920s the bow house a new school that liberated architecture and artisanry from the constraints of tradition clean lines modern forms and clear colors even today the Visionary bow housee ideas are still influential throughout the world
• 25:00 - 25:30 two of the great bow house teachers live next door to each other in this Master's house Paul clay and vasil Kandinsky house number six belonged to the Kandinsky the Russian Art was now lived taught and painted in desau are you curious just follow us and enter into their private intimate world he lived right
• 25:30 - 26:00 here and next door to the bedroom will find his Studio where he did his creative work and what's he doing now the canvases become more radical than ever geometry and severity the hustling and bustling of triangles lines and circles but don't worry take your time and have a look that's right sometimes these works
• 26:00 - 26:30 remind one of wild musical notation with the shapes beating the time but that is no coincidence color and form are indeed performing a concert here set off by kandinsky's Rare gift of hearing colors and seeing [Music] sounds this sensual phenomenon is called Anastasia when Kandinsky saw the color
• 26:30 - 27:00 yellow for instance he automatically heard the sound of a [Applause] trumpet light blue he wrote sounded like a flute dark blue like a cello and even deeper blue was like an organ the sounds of colors which he preserved on canvas his instruments pallet and paintbrush once Kandinsky
• 27:00 - 27:30 said color is the clavat the eyes are the hammer the soul is the piano with its many strings the artist is the hand but by touching this or that key sets the soul vibrating I think that you can speak of musical
• 27:30 - 28:00 color tones in kandinsky's art musical colors that each viewer will hear and understand differently and also that Kandinsky working with musical colors and particularly with the various primary colors employed a strong sense of Rhythm especially in his use of black he works with both sounds and musical Rhythm like the rowing Rhythm that uses several strong Strokes which you can see driving into the bottom left of this painting here like
• 28:00 - 28:30 whiplashes Germany 1933 times are changing a cold and dark period in world history has begun the D of a dictator drowned out the inner sound and once more the silly Kandinsky was Swept Away by history
• 28:30 - 29:00 [Music] the bells of notam resounded through the streets of Paris heralding the last chapter in kandinsky's life in the city of love and
• 29:00 - 29:30 arts and what about him yes he's going to surprise you once more vasili and Nina Kandinsky live on the sixth floor of this house in Paris noi today the only reminder of the building's famous inhabitant is a plaque on the wall next to the front door but rare photographs give us an impression of kandinsky's private room with works of that Russian artist now
• 29:30 - 30:00 worth millions decorating the walls when I moved to Paris I was so shaken by the local light and natural surroundings that I did not want to see any new pictures and could not paint for nearly 2 months I first had to digest my Impressions then the wonderful light of Paris freed up my pallet [Music]
• 30:00 - 30:30 and in a moment you will feel the magic of Parisian light too let's move on to a place that vibrates day and night the SRE pomu a museum to modernism that makes no effort to present a pretty facade it seems to want a turn itself inside out that's also quite abstract
• 30:30 - 31:00 isn't it a transparent escalator takes us up above the roofs of Paris until we're at eye level with the treasures contained within his late works really do look different a kind of organic Mass intended perhaps to symbolize the entire universe it's enough to drive you
• 31:00 - 31:30 crazy so what on Earth happened to Kandinsky in [Music] Paris there are more Kandinsky like these in the depot of the SRE pompo and perhaps now we finally understand what it means to see through his eyes perhaps these were also memories Distant Memories of his home and of his his Russian years even the Russian Far
• 31:30 - 32:00 East that we see in the colors the artificial colors that suddenly appeared turquoise Violet gold orange and silver and others which had not been part of his earlier palette there was also a new organic amorus approach which combined with the geometrical elements to create a completely new pictorial World Kandinsky was perhaps trying to achieve a new synthesis with a universal
• 32:00 - 32:30 symbolism perhaps he really was successful and managed to create a new Universal style if you remember his Paris works that can now be seen as reproductions in hotel rooms everywhere as posters and designs on textiles that are reminiscent of Kandinsky his formal repertoire is obviously very attractive finally his easel remained empty
• 32:30 - 33:00 on December 13th 1944 basil kandinsky's colorful life came to an [Music] end he was probably a little impulsive and straightforward and he could react that way as well as far as we know from some parts of his Diaries and letters I suppose he was a vivid character a
• 33:00 - 33:30 fragile man his pictures and his old frock coat still show today even though he was not very tall he was a rather self-possessed [Music] person so how do you feel now at the end of the journey it's true he robbed you of the world of
• 33:30 - 34:00 objects but he gives you something in return as well the strength of the Knight and the energy of the rower possibly one of the best deals you've ever gotten don't you think but actually he should tell you himself sh might
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