KANDINSKY AND THE AVANT-GARDES
Point and line to plane

30 September 2022 – 10 April 2023
Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre

Curated by: Elisabetta Barisoni

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MUVE Education for the exhibition

On the occasion of the Kandinsky and the avant-gardes exhibition, the MUVE Education Activities Office has created a series of activities aimed at adults, schools and families. The proposals offer different levels of depth, methods and approaches, in relation to the different audiences.

For schools

ACTIVE ITINERARY
Guided itinerary to the exhibition
The exhibition hosted at the Candiani Cultural Centre in Mestre recounts the fascinating development of abstract art from its birth to contemporary times, through forty works by great artists conserved in the collections of Ca’ Pesaro, including some exceptional works by the father of abstract art, Wassily Kandinsky.
The thematic itinerary allows visitors to explore the impressive exhibition, which, in addition to Kandinsky’s masterpieces, includes works by Klee, Miró, Ernst, Tàpies, Arp and Calder, and then looks beyond the Second World War to Abstract Expressionism and the Fronte Nuovo delle Arti, then Vedova, Deluigi, Tancredi and on to the sculptures of Basaldella, Chillida, Minguzzi and De Toffoli. It ends with the minimalist work of Nonas and Mangold.
Target: first and second-grade secondary schools, universities
Duration: 1h 30min

VIRTUAL TOUR
The virtual tour
The visit to the exhibition on Kandinsky and the avant-gardes at the Candiani can also be organised in a virtual tour version, and can take place either remotely or directly in the classroom, with an educator.
Target: first and second-grade secondary schools, universities
Duration: 1h 

WORKSHOPS
Trans-form with music and colours
Direct observation of some of Kandinsky’s masterpieces in the exhibition, and in particular of ‘White Zig-Zags’, provides an excellent starting point for an active workshop in which the children, after having familiarised themselves with geometric shapes, lines and colours, can try their hand at a true ‘collective’ artistic performance in which the individual shapes, transferred into the space of a long white sheet, become the protagonists of new figures and new stories. The activity lends itself to deepening topological concepts relating to shapes, but also to an understanding and knowledge of colour.
Target: pre-school (medium and senior), primary school
Duration: 2h

Observe, experiment, paint!
After a visit to selected highlights of the exhibition, we will focus on the works of Kandinsky, Klee and De Luigi. The students, guided by music, will develop a personal artistic experimentation using different techniques and materials in a multi-sensory experience.
Target: first and second-grade secondary schools (two-year)
Duration: 2h

For the family

Trans-form with music and colours
Direct observation of some of Kandinsky’s masterpieces in the exhibition, and in particular of ‘White Zig-Zags’, provides an excellent starting point for an active workshop in which the children, after having familiarised themselves with geometric shapes, lines and colours, can try their hand at a true ‘collective’ artistic performance in which the individual shapes, transferred into the space of a long white sheet, become the protagonists of new figures and new stories. The activity lends itself to deepening topological concepts relating to shapes, but also to an understanding and knowledge of colour.
Target: for families with children aged 4 to 10
Durata: 2h

On the occasion of the Festival dentro l’arte 2022 the activity is available at 2.30 pm on Sunday 23 October 2022 free of charge.
Registration from 17 to 21 October 2022 via online booking by selecting “Special events” >>>

For adults

Guided tour of the exhibition
The exhibition hosted at the Candiani Cultural Centre in Mestre recounts the fascinating journey of abstract art, from its birth to contemporary times, through forty works by great artists from the collections of Ca’ Pesaro, including some exceptional works by the father of abstract art, Wassily Kandinsky.
The thematic itinerary allows visitors to explore the impressive exhibition, which, in addition to Kandinsky’s masterpieces, includes works by Klee, Miró, Ernst, Tàpies, Arp and Calder, and then looks beyond the Second World War to Abstract Expressionism and the Fronte Nuovo delle Arti, then Vedova, Deluigi, Tancredi and on to the sculptures of Basaldella, Chillida, Minguzzi and De Toffoli. It ends with the minimalist work of Nonas and Mangold
Duration: 1h 30min

The virtual tour
The visit to the exhibition on Kandinsky and the avant-gardes at the Candiani can also be enjoyed as a virtual tour.
Duration: 1h 

Special needs

Sculpture towards Minimalism
A multisensory path through the exhibition
The visit includes a tactile exploration of some masterpieces by Jean Arp, Mirko Basaldella, Eduardo Chillida, Luciano Minguzzi and Bruno De Toffoli, whose sculptures bear witness to the persistence of the dialogue between abstraction and biomorphism in the 1950s. The experience, enriched also by pieces of music, concludes with a haptic analysis of minimalist works by Richard Nonas and Julia Mangold.
Duration: 1h 30min

How to take part and costs

Activities can only be booked through the online platform.
Costs: 80 euros for educational activities for schools and families, 100 euros for educational activities for adults.

For “special needs” offer please do not hesitate to contact us at education@fmcvenezia.it

Information
education@fmcvenezia.it
Tel. 041 2700370 – 347 9675905
(9.30-12.30 Mondays and Wednesdays)