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Malewitsch
Kasimir Malewitsch (1878-1935) war ein Maler und ein großer Kunsttheoretiker, vor allem aber war er der Begründer des Suprematismus, einer auf geometrische Formen gegründeten Ausprägung der reinen abstrakten Kunst. „Der Suprematismus“, schrieb er, „hat mich etwas entdecken lassen, das bis dahin noch nicht verstanden worden war, … im menschlichen Bewusstsein gibt es ein unüberwindliches Verlangen nach Raum und den Willen, der Erde zu entfliehen.“ Diese neue Publikation präsentiert die brillanten Arbeiten Malewitschs, dieses höchst originellen Künstlers, der sich erst im Alter von 27 Jahren wirklich ernsthaft der Malerei zuwandte und sich das Zeichnen aus bloßer Neugier und reiner Freude am Lernen aneignete. Gerry Souter macht uns einmal mehr mit den Werken eines brillanten Künstlers sowie einer neuen Sichtweise der Persönlichkeit des Künstlers vertraut.
331 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 2008
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January 23, 2016
Malevich is famous for Black Square the symbol of a theory of artistic expression he named Supremetism. And while the black square on its white background seems simplistic, Malevich and his work were anything but. As one of the artists of the early 20th century who were seeking to break away from representational art, Malevich, like Kandinsky, desired that art have a "spiritual" element that would allow it to transcend tradition and expectation.
Furthermore, the pinnacle of Malevich's work is not Black Square, even though he is most remembered for this painting that rocked the art world and still affects us today with its in-your-face rejection of representational art. Even if he did choose to hang a square in the "icon corner" of a gallery, making reference both to art as a vessel for spirituality and to his early familiarity with icons, he took his work further. He made sound and velocity and magnetic forces appear on canvas, and then, later, took his efforts to a three-dimensional form. Unfortunately, due the political environment in Russia, the former fervor of creativity from which came the Constructivists and artists such as Kandinsky, the forward-thrust of art evolution was halted, with artists fleeing, or imprisoned, or, like Malevich, conveniently left to die of starvation or disease.
This book is a decent refresher on Malevich, though it does get off to a slow start. The Kindle version has its problems--not only are errors present, but captions do not line up with their images and nor are the images located near to the sections where they are discussed, making it difficult to directly compare description with image. However, the complexity, drive, and development of Malevich is well-explained, and his stubborn, confident place in the art world emphasized.
Furthermore, the pinnacle of Malevich's work is not Black Square, even though he is most remembered for this painting that rocked the art world and still affects us today with its in-your-face rejection of representational art. Even if he did choose to hang a square in the "icon corner" of a gallery, making reference both to art as a vessel for spirituality and to his early familiarity with icons, he took his work further. He made sound and velocity and magnetic forces appear on canvas, and then, later, took his efforts to a three-dimensional form. Unfortunately, due the political environment in Russia, the former fervor of creativity from which came the Constructivists and artists such as Kandinsky, the forward-thrust of art evolution was halted, with artists fleeing, or imprisoned, or, like Malevich, conveniently left to die of starvation or disease.
This book is a decent refresher on Malevich, though it does get off to a slow start. The Kindle version has its problems--not only are errors present, but captions do not line up with their images and nor are the images located near to the sections where they are discussed, making it difficult to directly compare description with image. However, the complexity, drive, and development of Malevich is well-explained, and his stubborn, confident place in the art world emphasized.
May 24, 2015
Si no fuera por un ensayo oscuro y mal estructurado, el libro sería una maravilla. El autor es incapaz de organizar los aspectos de la vida y obra de Malévich que le interesan. Uno de los ejemplos de esta falta de claridad es la mezcla indiscriminada de fechas y eventos sin justificación alguna.
Jugando al abogado del diablo, supongo que es consecuencia de lo difícil que es Malévich: el Suprematismo es más que una vanguardia hacia la abstracción pictórica total; es una compleja teoría esotérica. Tal vez cualquier escrito sobre Malévich yerra en el camino.
Las reproducciones salvan el problema. Son muchas y de excelente calidad, aunque dan la impresión de haber sido ligeramente recortadas para caber en las proporciones de la publicación. Además, por su ordenamiento y por un ligero apoyo en el ensayo, se puede ver la transformación de Malévich gracias a la búsqueda de sus intereses teóricos o a las imposiciones del gobierno de Stalin.
No puedo creer que Gandhi venda esto por doscientos pesos.
Jugando al abogado del diablo, supongo que es consecuencia de lo difícil que es Malévich: el Suprematismo es más que una vanguardia hacia la abstracción pictórica total; es una compleja teoría esotérica. Tal vez cualquier escrito sobre Malévich yerra en el camino.
Las reproducciones salvan el problema. Son muchas y de excelente calidad, aunque dan la impresión de haber sido ligeramente recortadas para caber en las proporciones de la publicación. Además, por su ordenamiento y por un ligero apoyo en el ensayo, se puede ver la transformación de Malévich gracias a la búsqueda de sus intereses teóricos o a las imposiciones del gobierno de Stalin.
No puedo creer que Gandhi venda esto por doscientos pesos.
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