Vasily Kandinsky--the father of modern abstract painting said "All methods are sacred if they are internally necessary.All methods are sins if they are not justified by internal necessity."
He was referring to how the artist depicts the world. To him the internal world of the human being, when it touched the spiritual, could understand reality by means of line, shape and colour alone. Abstraction therefore was a deeply intimate thing--the closest you could be to your true self.
In this, I equate him with spiritual masters--they too recognised that the self took precedence. The world is passionately felt and understood--simply because it is part of one's own self. But did he go the whole distance and equate the self and the world--as one and the same? I am not sure.
When we look at Kandinsky's work, it strikes an immediate chord. His later advanced work was devoid of any recognisable form--yet it resonates with life. This is a contradiction for those who believe that we need to see objects and forms for us to relate to painting.
Where does the emotion come from then when we view these paintings? Kandinsky explains that the elements of painting such as line and colour are sufficient in themselves...just as musical notes placed in a particular way lead to aesthetic experience of the highest order.
Click on the pics for a larger view--gives you a much better idea of the paintings!
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