Extract
Reciprocal Accords is a delightfully balanced large format composition painted by Kandinsky in the final synthesising phase of his art. In it there is a striking accord between two strongly coloured, multi-composite geometric forms finely anchored on their tips as they project outwards from a background of three distinctly softened panes of colour that elegantly defines them and the surrounding space. Assemblages of linear, curved and circular forms are either attached to the two dominants or float freely between them in clusters of pulsing energy that is equally reminiscent of the music of nature, our cellular biology and a socially connected life. Biomorphic abstraction has come to the fore on a background of “inner necessity” as Kandinsky remains consumed by his inner world right to the end. The resonating agreement between “eye and soul” is now matched by the romantic coupling of new life emerging from chaos. In a penultimate symphonic burst of creative synthesis, Kandinsky's unique expressive use of form and colour once again becomes original signal amongst what for him was the artistic noise of the time.
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