Episode 01: That Haystack Feelin’ - Wassily Kandinsky - Dominant Curve - 1936
Wassily Kandinsky - Dominant Curve - Oil on Canvas - 1936
Stephanie Dueñas and Russell Shoemaker, your artist sherpas, answer all of your itching syphilis-ridden questions and discuss Dominant Curve; a vibrant, athletic, and abstract painting by Wassily Kandinsky from 1936.
Our Art Pantry entry of the week is Oil Paint.
Our Art Assignment is to make an abstract composition, with whatever materials you have (including your cat), based on an instrumental musical composition.
In this episode, we discuss what this podcast is all about. Topics include: Was Kandinsky a low-key cult leader? What is the Bow Wow Haus? Positive vibes and finding that Haystack Feelin’ in the face of a global pandemic, Turkish Airlines’ ridiculously cramped seats, the best pizza in Florence, and of course, the art: A really fantastic painting by Wassily Kandinsky.
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Slideshow:
Heart-shaped pizza from Gusta Pizza in Florence, Italy
Claude Monet, Meules, 1890/91
Early work by Kandinsky, River in Autumn, 1900
Still from the cartoon “The Jetsons” (1962)
Still from the cartoon “Ren & Stimpy” (1991)
Kandinsky posing with Dominant Curve, 1936
