UP IN THE COSMOS
What really enticed me to go to this exhibition was the name - Kandinsky. You can hardly see it on the poster! Well, I said to myself, let’s see what is mystical about it. Thank goodness I arrived soon after opening time and was through security in seconds. The Orsay is one of the rare museums where Icom card holders don’t have to get a pass to go into an exhibition. The card is sufficient. The first room was called « Contemplation » and the first works I see, I know….practically all of them. Claude Monet, Van Gogh and far off in the corner I saw a Kandinsky. My first reaction was disappointment. Japanese were all over the place photographing the Haystacks and other Monet works. I took a few in that gallery and here they are. I must admit that Monet’s (1840-1926) painting « The effect of wind on the poplar trees » were only vaguely familiar. The first one is in the permanent collection at Orsay - the second in a private collection, so I hadn’t seen it. "Effect of the wind