With ARTandCHARITY discovering Kandinsky: our afternoon at MA GA

A Saturday afternoon different from usual, one of those that stays with you for the beauty of the things you see and the energy of the people you share them with. At 2:30 pm our group met punctually at the reception of the MA GA Museum in Gallarate: twenty-five art enthusiasts, full of curiosity and eager to immerse themselves in the visionary world of Wassily Kandinsky.

After receiving our passes and audio guides, at 3:00 pm we entered the major exhibition that the MA GA dedicates to one of the fathers of abstractionism. Accompanying us along the way was Dr. Orte, the guide provided by the museum, who with expertise and passion helped us to read and understand a very rich artistic universe, made up of shapes, signs, colors, and thought.

The first section immersed us in the international atmosphere of the 1920s and 1930s, when the lessons at the Bauhaus placed Kandinsky at the center of a creative dialogue with artists such as Paul Klee, Jean Arp, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, and Antoni Tàpies. It is a dive into the roots of abstractionism, into the historical avant-gardes that forever transformed the way of thinking and making art.

The second part of the exhibition instead delves into the complex and fruitful relationship between Kandinsky and Italian artists. The famous solo exhibition of 1934 at the Galleria del Milione in Milan became a turning point for many authors opposed to the then-dominant figuration. The works of Lucio Fontana, Osvaldo Licini, Fausto Melotti, Manlio Rho, Enrico Prampolini, Atanasio Soldati, and Luigi Veronesi testify to how much that vision influenced and inspired the emerging Italian abstraction.

The journey ends with the postwar period, when Kandinsky's thought continued to guide the research of new generations. From the Forma, MAC, and Origine movements to the evocative works of Carla Accardi, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Piero Dorazio, Roberto Sebastián Matta, Achille Perilli, Antonio Sanfilippo, and Emilio Vedova, the exhibition conveys all the vitality of a still-living legacy.

Supported by the Lombardy Region and included in the Varese Cultura 2030 project, the MA GA exhibition is not only a tribute to the Russian master, but a comprehensive exploration of abstraction as a timeless language.

For us, it was an intense afternoon, full of discoveries and shared emotions. A precious opportunity to approach art once again, together, with that spirit of curiosity and beauty that has always animated our initiatives.

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