{"product_id":"kandinsky-malewitsch-mondrian-der-k20-kunsthalle-nordrhein-westfalen-9783864420818","title":"Kandinsky Malewitsch Mondrian - Der Weiße Abgrund Unendlichkeit: Kat. K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Infinite White Abyss! \u003cbr\u003e KANDINSKY MALEVITCH MONDRIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e The white, free abyss--infinity lies before us«, according to Kazimir Malevich in 1919 when describing his use of white as a monochrome ground in  Suprematist painting« and as a surface in front of which his geometric shapes seem to float weightlessly. For Wassily Kandinsky, the compositional white area in his expressive abstractions was the all-important opening of pictorial space through which the complexity of the world was to be reflected synaesthetically and thereby art simultaneously ranked alongside science. Piet Mondrian, for his part, tried to find universal harmonies through the depiction of mathematical problems behind visible phenomena. His exploration of  non-colour« in his grids of black lines and primary coloured surfaces forms a  neoplastic system« devoid of any representational function and is unique in the history of painting. On the occasion of the 2014 Quadrennial, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen will premiere an attractive synopsis the work of these three great artists, considered the most prominent pioneers of the avant-garde and of abstraction in the twentieth century. The show will focus upon selected major works and the complex issue of white surfaces, all which is meticulously recreated the catalogue. The discussion of materiality and immateriality of the colour white arising here is also reflected in the latest research results from the restoration process. This leads to some surprising answers that are treated separately. If the colour white provided an umbrella for art, science and parareligions, did it necessarily have to function as a symbol of a future world?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExhibition: \u003cbr\u003e K20 Kunsthalle Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 5\/4-6\/7\/2014 \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e K20 Kunsthalle Nordrhein-Westfalen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3864420814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783864420818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Snoeck Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.70w x 0.80d","brand":"K20 Kunsthalle Nordrhein-Westfalen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48446436016383,"sku":"9783864420818","price":94.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_760c594c-8f90-4c82-849d-8fa3a541d20e.jpg?v=1777224616","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kandinsky-malewitsch-mondrian-der-k20-kunsthalle-nordrhein-westfalen-9783864420818","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}