Kadinsky, Jean et Niki

This weekend, I induldged in


Kadinsky,
Jean Tinguley. and
Niki de Saint Phalle.

As usual, forgot my camera.
Kadinsky, the usual ... I do prefer his earlier works, since, they are less abstract, the require less time (these are the stuff he painted while he was in germany, colourful patchy stuff).

But some of his compositions (colours==music), are great. My problem, is the time. In a museum, it is intensity, you are forced to look at everything. I think for Kadinsky compisitions, it has to be stepwise, incremental discovery. It has to be there, taken in pieces, over time, over different attentiveness. In a museum, the senses are hightened, but also, strained. Like a symphony, I feel, for Kadinsky's later works, you have to immerse, and look at it different time, over and over again. It is similar to the essence of cathedrals, walking by at different times of the days, at different seasons. Only then, it grows, and we see the things/hear the parts that we never realize, and truely see the entire compisition.

As for Kadinsky, I am not even sure if a Poster of the picture suffices. There is never the same breathe-taking, surge, that one sees in the oils (especially), the way they are textured. The colour-trueness, these are never really captured in posters, (pictures neither)...

MoMA has the 4 seasons, I am copying the picture from the MoMA gallery, I am pretty sure I have pics of them myself, but it is easier to download. So in order: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter







Moving on, was at the Jean TInguley museum. This is kinda like for kids. What's really impressive, is the building. It is constructed by Botta, and is really a well play of light. I think for an architect, musuem designs must be really fun, just alone, the light, the shapes... sigh.

the Exhibition was on Jean and Niki's works (they were a couple). Having both worked on extremes (Jean : Black, Niki: Colors), the combinitation is really nice. StPhalle's style is more attractive for me, since, she does women and colors, but the engineer part of me is fascinated by Tinguely's motor-operated structures. I love his fountains best. because of the movement bring on life, whereas, I find the other sculptures more macabre (prob due to the dark colours)...