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Le Bauhaus
Le mouvement de Bauhaus est l’une des émergences culturelles les plus importantes et conséquentes du 20e siècle. Fondé par Walter Gropius en 1919 à Weimar, il fête cette année son 100e anniversaire.
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[Part 4/6] The Bridge Die Brücke, le pont – Bridging Two Worlds
An important early statement of intent came in 1906. In the catalogue to their first group exhibition, held in Löbtau, Dresden, they issued their rallying cry. This was in the form of a founding “manifesto” of the Künstlergruppe Brücke (Bridge Artists’ Group). Printed in stylized, quasi-primitive lettering, the text reads: WITH FAITH IN DEVELOPMENT AND IN A NEW GENERATION OF CREATORS AND APPRECIATORS, WE CALL TOGETHER ALL YOUTH. AS YOUTH, WE CARRY THE FUTURE AND WANT TO CREATE FOR OURSELVES FREEDOM OF LIFE AND OF MOVEMENT AGAINST THE LONG-ESTABLISHED OLDER FORCES. EVERYONE WHO WITH IMMEDIACY AND AUTHENTICITY CONVEYS THAT WHICH DRIVES HIM TO CREATE BELONGS WITH US. The “drive” to…
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Kandinsky, revolutionary synesthete
It is said that Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky revolutionised art. The inventor of Abstract Art created works which completely left tradition behind and gave modern art a new direction. How revolutionary his ideas and theories were can be proven by a quick look at his biography. Like many other artists of his kind he got in trouble with several political systems. After having worked for the Soviet regime in post-revolutionary Russia, he – with many other intellectuals – had to leave the country when the Communists tightened control to establish their dictatorship. Then, after living in Germany where he had a very creative period at the Bauhaus, he had to…
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Kandinsky ̶ abstrakt und knallbunt
Was haben das Bauhaus und der Blaue Reiter gemeinsam? Einen Künstler – Wassili Kandinsky, ein wichtiger und interessanter Vertreter der modernen Kunst, der durch seine abstrakten Bilder mit knalligen Farben bereits zu Lebzeiten viel Aufmerksamkeit auf sich zog und auch heute noch besondere Beachtung in der Kunstgeschichte bekommt. Wassily Kandinsky war ein russischer Maler, Grafiker und Kunsttheoretiker, der auch eine Zeit lang in Deutschland und Frankreich lebte und arbeitete. Mit seinem Œuvre prägte er nachhaltig die Kunstgeschichte und veränderte sie. So behauptete er von sich selbst, der Schöpfer des ersten abstrakten Bildes weltweit gewesen zu sein, was allerdings umstritten ist, da sein Kunstwerk womöglich vordatiert wurde, um seine Aussage zu…
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Bloody Mary : le sang allemand est-il soluble dans la vodka russe ?
Le thème de cette exposition reste pour moi un mystère. J’ai beau chercher les points de rencontre entre les deux cultures, je ne trouve guère que le gazoduc présidé par Gerhardt Schröder. Peut-il être comparé à un monument d’art contemporain ? J’en doute. Après les chevaliers teutoniques et leur déculottée à la bataille de Tannenberg par les Polonais, l’Est de l’Europe au-delà de la Volga n’a guère été une source d’inspiration artistique. Peut-être fait-on allusion à Catherine de Russie, née à Stettin en Poméranie, petit État allemand de l’époque de Frédéric le Grand. Mais paradoxe des Catherine, nous avons eu aussi Catherine « de Médicis », était-elle Italienne en France ou Française d’Italie ?…
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If you can’t do, critique!
Everyone is an artist in some way or another, wouldn’t you agree? Whether it’s with words on a page, musical stylings, in the kitchen, or paint/pencil/chalk on a board/canvas – everyone has their own unique way of expressing themselves. Many of us do it in the privacy of our own homes, never daring to show it to anyone for fear of rejection, being misunderstood, or simply not caring that the rest of the world learn to value our talent. “My momma thinks I’m special and that’s enough for me.” If you were, however, to venture out of your comfort zone and introduce your talent to the world, wouldn’t it be…
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Paint the Sky with Van Gogh
On the over-arching subject of Symbolism, I’d have to say I am a fan. Beautiful colours and images which ultimately stand for something much deeper and more heartfelt than what is in front of you; colours and symbols which are meant to touch people around the world and bring them together using one piece of art. When it happens successfully, it’s truly amazing. Take Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night (below), a piece recognised across time and place that enlists a quieting of the mind and moment of inner peace, which ultimately stirs in some of us a recognition of the fact that there may be more than just this life.…
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