Saturday 30 September 2006, 11.00–16.00

This discussion focuses on Wassily Kandinsky and the relationships between abstraction, music and performance in early twentieth-century art. It brings together art historians Shulamith Behr, Brandon Taylor, Simon Shaw-Miller and Chris Short, all of whom share an interest in abstraction in art, music and performance.

Part of a series that focuses on the history and concept of abstraction in relation to exhibitions at Tate Modern, this event is intended to challenge established ways of understanding abstract art. The series also consider s how new perspectives, derived from socio-historic, semiotic and interdisciplinary ways of thinking, can help to develop our approach to abstraction across different media.

Tate Modern  East Room
£10 (£8 concessions), booking recommended
Price includes entry to the exhibition

  

Timetable

11:00	Welcome and introduction with  Marko Daniel
11:10	Professor Brandon Taylor (University of Southampton): Kandinsky and Contemporary Painting
11:50	Dr Simon Shaw-Miller (Birkbeck): Musicality and abstraction
12:30	Break for lunch and visit to the exhibition
14:00	Dr Chris Short (Cardiff School of Art): Kandinsky’s poetry and graphic work: Klänge
14:40	Dr Shulamith Behr (Courtauld Institute): Kandinsky and theatre: The monumental artwork of the future
15:20	Round table discussion.
16:00	End

This event is related to the Kandinsky: The Path to Abstraction exhibition