Munich-Schwabing with the church of St. Ursula 1908

Wassily Kandinsky made this painting of Munich-Schwabing, with the church of St. Ursula, with oil on cardboard. Look at how he’s slapped on the colours! It’s like he's building the scene, brick by colorful brick. You can almost feel the texture, right? Thick, juicy daubs of paint, especially in that field of green, where it looks like people are hanging out. I love how he doesn't try to hide the process, all those visible brushstrokes, little jabs of colour. See that cloud, or is it a building, in the top left? It’s a mess of yellows and whites, but somehow, it totally works. Kandinsky is like a jazz musician, improvising with colours and shapes. You see this kind of playful freedom in the work of Francis Picabia, that same willingness to throw the rule book out the window. It’s like they're saying, “Let’s see what happens if we just let it flow.” And that’s what makes art so exciting, isn’t it?