composition iv kandinskyIn the midst of his transition to abstraction, Vassily Kandisky created this work. The artist preferred to render the world abstract to incite a vision beyond material existence. He rationalizes a feeling of Nietzsche for whom destruction was linked to creation. The agitated left side is teeming with dark activity and shows a world gone haywire, while the right side is calmer and lighter, synonymous with spiritual regeneration symbolized by the blue