Abby is a Know-Nothing; Can She Be an Art Critic Anyway?
I love Kandinsky’s Succession. I love this abstract masterpiece because it makes me happy. It looks like the brightly colored forms are dancing across the canvas. It makes me want to dance too. It makes me want to sing the notes of the painting. Maybe it is telling us how the world progresses. It’s got to be a happy ending if the succession of the forms is so happy. We need happiness and optimism desperately these days, and well, here’s some, right in this painting.
At least that’s what know-nothing Abby thinks. Am I allowed to express my know-nothing opinion, or will some real art critic tell me to shut up? A little intimidated, I did some almighty Google research. I learned bits and pieces like: Kandinsky considered his colors to be like notes of music. The forms he used are called “biomorphic” when they aren’t geometric. He painted his “inner necessity”. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing….it seems I may have heard that a time or two. Anyway, is it our job as viewers to understand what the artist was trying to say, or to just to react to it emotionally and personally? Both, I’m sure. But as far as this painting is concerned, I do not know what Kandinsky is saying, but I do know that the painting makes me happy…and that’s a good thing. So sayeth Abby the Art Critic.
At least that’s what know-nothing Abby thinks. Am I allowed to express my know-nothing opinion, or will some real art critic tell me to shut up? A little intimidated, I did some almighty Google research. I learned bits and pieces like: Kandinsky considered his colors to be like notes of music. The forms he used are called “biomorphic” when they aren’t geometric. He painted his “inner necessity”. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing….it seems I may have heard that a time or two. Anyway, is it our job as viewers to understand what the artist was trying to say, or to just to react to it emotionally and personally? Both, I’m sure. But as far as this painting is concerned, I do not know what Kandinsky is saying, but I do know that the painting makes me happy…and that’s a good thing. So sayeth Abby the Art Critic.
Posted by agingboomerchick at 11/6/2011 4:00 PM 
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