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"Black Square": the triumph of philosophy over art
Art historians, critics and just interested people call the "Black Square" painted in 1915 by Kazimir Malevich one of the most controversial paintings of the XX century.
Today, in the XXI century, the canvas still gives rise to disputes.
Along with the author's explanation of the plot and the meaning of the picture, there are many versions that explain the necessity and significance of the "Black Square".
The mystery turned out to be so intriguing that the canvas overshadowed the author: they talk and write more about the "Square" than about Malevich himself.
So what is a "Black square" and what is its phenomenon?
Technically, it is a dark, almost black rectangle on a white background.
The rectangle has no parallel sides and right angles, and the dark color is the result of mixing various colors, among which there was no black.
As you can see, the inconsistency of the picture is "read" already in the name itself, because the "Black Square" is not black at all and not square at all.
A black square, or:
...quadrature of cubism
At the beginning of the XX century, photography, which allows you to get an absolutely accurate reflection of physical objects on paper, created a serious competition for painters working in a realistic style.
This was the impetus for the artists to search for more vivid ways of self expression.
It was during this period that new directions of painting were born: impressionism and expressionism, which allow reflecting impressions and emotions, as well as cubism, which shows the elementary essence of complex things.
What could be the final result of such searches?
How far could artists go in search of the simple and comprehensive?
Showing his" Black Square", Malevich seemed to look into the future, warning his fellow artists: there is an all consuming void ahead.
After all, she is nothing and everything at the same time.
There is a version according to which Picasso cooled down to Cubism after seeing the "Malevich square".
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Victory over the Sun"
In 1913, Kazimir Malevich painted the scenery for the avant garde opera "Victory over the Sun".
According to the artist's plan, a black and white square "sun" rose above the stage a symbol of the victory of active creativity over passive manifestations of nature.
Probably, even then Malevich saw a reflection of the vertex (or a dead end?)in the square creative path.
... the top of everything
For all its visual conciseness, the "Black Square" remains, perhaps, the most capacious embodiment of the ideas of Suprematism (from the Latin supremus — "the highest").
Striving to reflect the dynamism and harmony of the surrounding world, Malevich created suprematist compositions, combining multi colored geometric shapes.
By allowing color and form to dominate over the other characteristics of painting, the artist sought to show that the creative forces of man and nature can be equal.
A square (more precisely, a balanced asymmetric rectangle), according to Malevich — is an ideal reflection of balance, its highest manifestation.
...a philosophical continuation of a failed joke
It is curious that more than 20 years before the appearance of the" Black Square", in 1893, the French journalist Alphonse Alley, famous for his black humor, wrote a similar picture — "The battle of the Negroes in a deep cave on a dark night".
Neither the original idea nor the ironic name provided the" masterpiece " with commercial success.
And the "Black Square" filled with philosophical meaning excited minds and became so popular that the author personally "multiplied" it, creating several (presumably 4 or 7) author's copies.
Initially, the "Black Square" was called a "Quadrilateral" and was a component of the triptych (along with the "Black Circle" and "Black Cross"), painted among many other supremacist canvases before the exhibition "0,10".
The expressiveness of the" Square "was so impressive that it was given the place of honor of the "icon" — the main picture of the exhibition.
As Malevich himself said, he "reduced everything to zero"with his square.
The simplicity with which one can express the gap between the old and the new, the border between life and death, the aspirations of everyone and everything to zero, turned out to be frightening.
Many people still see the" Black Square " as an ominous secret of absolute zero.
Having written his" Black Square", Kazimir Malevich opened up a lot of opportunities for many generations of artists and connoisseurs of painting: some people decided to practice their wit, others gave free rein to their creative imagination, and some found in the picture the basis for creating a new philosophy.
In the same way, looking at a piece of sky in the square of the window, everyone thinks about his own.
And what did you think about?
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