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Art in an age of anxiety: Tate Modern's exploration of Kandinsky's early work reveals that despite his move to abstraction, it reflects the social and political climate in which it was made.(EXHIBITIONS)(Wassily Kandinsky)
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In 1911, when Kandinsky wrote an essay 'On the Question of Form' for the Blaue Reiter Almanac, he outlined his belief that each artist should find his or her own means of expression. This meant that any number of artistic styles could exist at once: each of them, in appearance, would be imbued with the personality of its maker. Importantly, he explained, such works would do more than prove valuable to the individual. They would provide the viewer with a sense of the time and space within which the artist responsible had worked.
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