Vasily Kandinsky
Subtitle: from Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus, 1910-1925
By: [curator, Jill Lloyd ; translation, Steven Lindberg and others]
Contributors: Lloyd, Jill, curator; Lindberg, Steven, translator; Neue Galerie New York
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9783775737340
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Soviet Painting; Exhibitions
Description: Alongside his development of a revolutionary abstract style, Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944) demonstrated an ambition to go beyond conventional easel painting. His famous large paintings with musical and theatrical associations transformed into veritable environments. The catalogue explores the evolution of a Gesamtkunstwerk in the work of Kandinsky including essays by leading Kandinsky scholars on painting as a total work of art, or the artist's interest in music and theatre. Separated into three sections, it illustrates how Kandinsky's fascination for the Wagnerian concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk and the principles of synesthesia developed into large-scale painting within the context of the two highly significant artistic groups Blaue Reiter and Bauhaus, as well as in response to the changing historical circumstances, last but not least, culminating in his large-scale decorative utopian murals and installations. Exhibition: Neue Galerie, NYC, USA (3.10.2013-10.2.2014).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Neue Galerie New York, October 3, 2013-February 10, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.