It is about a Way-of-Being
Wassily Rug
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Dimension
Date
Collaborator
Yarn
L6’ x W7’
Spring 2025
Yvonne Yang (Textile Craftsmen)
Code
NE04
Designed as a platform that both connects and contrasts these two distinctive chairs, the rug serves as a spatial and conceptual foundation within the set. It explores a textile interpretation of Wassily Kandinsky’s Point and Line to Plane (1926), a theory that examines the visual and spatial impact of points, lines, and planes on the viewer.
Point and Line to Plane establishes the point as the fundamental element of painting, serving as the origin for all other visual forms. The line serves as a force, with its varying forms—straight, angular, or curved—expressing distinct emotional and dynamic qualities shaped by their creation. The surface, or plane, acts as the essential foundation where these elements interact. Kandinsky further explores how the interplay of points, lines, and surfaces generates emotional responses in the viewer, reinforcing his theory of painting as a structured yet expressive language. Central to his ideas are forces and counterforces, which introduce dynamism and tension in compositions. He also emphasizes “inner necessity,” the artist’s intrinsic drive to create, and highlights color as a potent emotional force that directly impacts the psyche.