![]() ![]() They were believed to be intercessors between mortals and the spirit realm, and endowed with healing powers. ![]() Shamans could communicate with supernatural forces by leaving their bodies and embarking on a spiritual journey. George who, in Siberian folklore, had shamanistic powers. Siberian shamanistic practices particularly interested Kandinsky because of his Russian heritage. But this motif runs deeper than wordplay. So, bear with me on this, the horse and rider motif is a visual analogy to the term used to define modernism. The French word more closely translates to “vanguard,” referencing the first group in an army to advance. One aspect of the significance of this motif is its reference to the term for modernists “avant-garde.” I’m sure that if you’ve read enough articles on Sartle, you’ve come across this term quite a few times, but if you’re not an art history buff, this word signifies innovation within art, or breaking away from tradition. The motif of the horse and rider was very prevalent throughout his work. Kandinsky and some other modernist painters, including Paul Klee created a group called Der Blaue Reiter, or The Blue Rider. The artist was inspired by the spiritual quality of music, noting that it is an art form which devoted itself “to the expression of the artist’s soul, in musical sound.” Born with a condition called synesthesia, Kandinsky could see sounds as colors and hear colors as sounds. ![]() The artist aimed to join together spirit and logic through painting music. Often considered the father of abstract painting, Kandinsky’s works began to morph into simple geometric forms during this period in the artist’s career. This artwork marks the shift between representational art and abstraction. Make no mistake, if you look closely, you can roughly make out the shape of a person riding a horse at full gallop. It might even be mistaken for something your daughter made in preschool. Wassily Kandinsky’s interest in Siberian shamanism inspired him to paint Lyrical, an abstracted image of a man riding a horse.Īt first glance, this painting looks like some simple scribbles and colour patches. ![]()
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