“the eye is the hammer”

So yes,  I’m really loving Kandinsky right now.  Maybe I’m finally starting to fall in love with Modern art. They’ve got this astonishing series of four Kandinsky panels at the MOMA, designed originally to surround you in a home’s entryway.

“Color is a means of exerting direct influence upon the soul. Color is a keyboard. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano, with its many strings.”  Kandinsky

Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 2 Vasily Kandinsky 1914. MOMA, New York

Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 4 Vasily Kandinsky 1914. MOMA, New York

Now, I originally saw these and thought “Four Seasons” and saw the landscape qualities in them. Spring, summer, winter, fall.

My SigO saw music.  The curator’s comments focused on the musical aspects, since Kandinsky was also a classical pianist and delved deeply into the spiritual and musical aspects of his painting.  So I didn’t say much about my alternative interpretation because god knows I don’t want to be “wrong” about art. How embarrassing would that be? Ha!

As it turns out,  a credible art expert takes my view as well, citing sketches Kandinsky made for these panels that show hills, sky, trees, etc.

Can I get a Hallelujah please? The stars aligned and the impossible happened.  We were both”right.” If it can happen once, It can happen again right???

Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 3 Vasily Kandinsky 1914. MOMA, New York

Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 1 Vasily Kandinsky 1914. MOMA, New York