Visual Resonance im MBzwo Showroom.

We are proud to present „Visual Resonance“ our new exhibition project showcased in the MBzwo Showroom at Rummelsbucht, Berlin. In this show we want to open a Room for the intuitive experience of visual art.

Hidden inside the modern art market, academic studies and art historic “facts”, viewing art can quickly be perceived to be inaccessible. What often is lost is the fact that art doesn’t need to be understood intellectually or that there is always a specific meaning or concept that needs to be deducted by the viewer.

Rather than thinking about what the specific content of the paintings is, what historical or societal commentary it may contain or what methods have been used and how this relates to past developments in the world of art we want to invite the viewer to use the visual impulses to look inwards and take time for personal contemplation.

Abstract expressionist Mark Rothko used music as a reference when talking about his artistic expression, because music moves people without being fully understood or quantifiable. Music has an emotional quality that we cannot grasp within our linguistic and logical capabilities. It can be seen as an extension of our own reality, but also as a means of reflecting and enriching our perception of reality by listening to certain music in certain moods or on certain occasions.

In his book The Art of Spiritual Harmony, Wassily Kandinsky expressed a similar idea in his thoughts on artistic composition and its effects on the human spirit. For him, art is about the continuous discovery and pursuit of spiritual enlightenment rather than a tool to represent and interpret our physical environment.

He sees this ideal realized in the realm of music because, as a non-visual art form, it is a powerful medium for the expression of one’s feelings and the creation of a composition that can develop a life or frequency of its own and transcends the concrete experiences of the external world.

According to him, visual artists should pursue the same goal – overcoming the emulation of nature in order to portray their inner worlds and achieve new heights of artistic expression through abstract composition.

The sensation of expressive music and art can lead to beautiful and surprising re-compositions of the perception of our environment and our inner life. With this in mind, we want to encourage our viewers to open up to the subjective feelings and emotions that art can evoke, just as the artist himself infuses his feelings and intuition into his works.

“Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting and … stop thinking! Just ask yourself if the work has allowed you to ‘walk around’ in a previously unknown world. If the answer is yes, what more do you want?”

Wassily Kandinsky