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4nhe Daily Tar HeelMonday, September 13, 1982
Abstract series relates
painter 's mysterious life
By JEFF GROVE
Assistant Arts Editor
Vasily Kandinsky is alive and well at
the Ackland Art Museum in spirit if
not in fact. The museum's current exhibi
tion of watercolors by the Russian master
seeks to explore Kandinsky's artistic de
velopment by relating it to the conditions
under which he worked.
Ackland Director Evan Turner feels
that Kandinsky is one of the most impor
tant and underestimated artists of this
century.
"When one realizes the significance of
Kandinsky's contribution to the develop
ment of twentieth-century art it is
astonishing that his work is not far better
known," Turner said.
Turner admitted that Kandinsky was
one of the most difficult painters to un-
derstand. But he said the post-1945 gen
eration could appreciate Kandinsky's
work more easily than the artist's con
temporaries. Turner said the paintings require in
tense concentration on the part of the
viewer. Everything in Kandinsky's work
is balanced. All excess details have been
pared away. Turner compared Kandin
sky's paintings to algebraic equations be
cause of their sense of proportion and
spareness.
A sort of "intellectual knitting" is
necessary in dealing with Kandinsky's
work, according to Turner. "Your return
is absolutely proportionate to your invest
ment," he said.
The 50 paintings in the show, which
runs through Oct. 17, are selected from
the permanent holdings of the Solomon
R. Guggenheim Museum and the Hilla
von Rebay Foundation. Turner said that
Kandinsky was not better known in the
United States because most of his works
were "tightly held" by such small groups
as these. Some of the paintings in the cur
rent show have not been exhibited in
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years. Others never have been on public
display . This show is one of Jour now
touring the country to remedy that situ
ation. Turner has arranged the paintings in
chronological order by month and year,
enabling visitors to follow Kandinsky's
development as an artist.
The painter was born in Russia in 1866
but did not begin painting until he was
30, at which time he went to Munich to
Study. His early works were representa
tional. But World War I and the Russian
Revolution intervened, and Kandinsky
left for his homeland in 1914. He moved
toward abstraction in his paintings, his
goal being the eHmination of a narrative
quality from painting, The Soviet govern
ment, however, took a dim view of Kan
dinsky's theories, and the painter again
set out for Munich. He stayed there until
the Nazis forced him out in 1933, then
continued his work in Paris until his
death in 1944.
These is a distinct evolution to be seen
in the paintings in the show, as recog
nizable objects give way to geometric
confrontations. But Turner points out
that a Kandinsky painting is "not just a
chance dawdle" but a conscious decision
in arrangement. It doesn't take long to"
see that Turner is right.
The perfect arrangement of "Hard But -Soft"
and the muted shades of "Evasive"
convince a viewer that there is a grand
design behind the apparent chaos. So do
the firmness evoked by "Unshakeable"
and the courage inherent in "Into the
Dark." . .
In addition to the show, explanatory
gallery talks will be given at 3 p.m. Sept.
19 and at 12:15 p.m. Oct. 6. A lecture by
Vivian Barnett, associate curator of the
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, will
be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Room
115 in Ackland.
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"Hard But Soft," one of Kandinsky's watercolor works
artist's works are now on exhibit at Ackland Museum
lustrate the artistic climate which fostered
Kandinsky's move into abstraction. Titles
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- The coordinators of the various
movements said they had encountered lit
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names of organized groups actively oppos
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conservative groups, such as the National
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differing views.
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roll Webber of Greenville Peace Commit
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slowly than those of other groups.
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