Bleu II 1961 – Joan Miro
What makes Joan Miro’s painting Bleu II so groundbreaking in the art history canon?
– Miro breaks the Bourgeoisie’s guitar
– A red slash stops abstract traffic
– The vast, cobalt sky highlights our insignificance on Earth
Yellow-Red-Blue 1925 by Wassily Kandinsky
What makes Yellow-Red-Blue such a perfect exemplar of Wassily Kandinsky’s special color theory?
– Joy in a yellow bottle
– A heroic blue marble
– The transitional magic of messy red
Black Sea by Philip Guston
Why Black Sea by Philip Guston is an important painting:
• The inspiration behind Black Sea by Philip Guston.
• What’s controversial about the painting Black Sea?
• Wait a second, this is just a badly painted boot heel…