Circles on Black by Wassily Kandinsky Exhibition People the work's flat colour areas

the work's flat colour areas and clean contours are rendered with precision on matte archival paper

and the reflected pinks of the sky

mark-making accumulating in a way that feels both systematic and intuitive

Printed as a fine art print on 225g matte paper

The composition reflects van Gogh's characteristic energy

Circles on Black by Wassily Kandinsky Exhibition People the work's flat colour areasAgainst an absolute black ground, Kandinsky floats a constellation of coloured circles each one a contained world of hue and luminosity, each one vibrating differently against its neighbour and against the dark. Circles on Black distills his Bauhaus era thinking to its essence: the circle was for Kandinsky the most cosmic of forms, associated with planets, clocks, and eternity. The composition feels simultaneously scientific and mystical, its