Geometrical  Jewelry? Me??? (3)

As I’ve already mentioned, in my two previous posts,
I was surprised at myself with my new 
geometric collection.

In this collection,
I was influenced by my other love
(except for Nature)
ART.
Being more specific,by
Contemporary Art.

I would like to discuss about another most influential artist
from the beginning of the 20^th century,
who focused on geometric forms:

Piet Mondrian  (1872-1944)

The Dutch  artist, who created in the same years
as Malevich, said:

“I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible,
 and therefore I abstract everything
until I arrive at the fundamental quality of objects."

http://www.theartstory.org/artist-mondrian-piet.htm

Mondrian, as Malevich, reduced painting
to basic and generic geometric forms.
He focused on rectangulars, straight lines, and primary colors.
His abstract painting was influenced by
the Theosophical theory, rooted in the antique classical time.

Pier and Ocean, composition no. 10,, 1915.

Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow,

Black, Gray, and Blue, 1921.

According to Mondrian,
the basic vertical and horizontal lines,
based in mathematical principals,
and asymmetrical compositions,
represented the basic universal opposing forces :

-The positive and the negative;
-The dynamic and the static;
-The masculine and the feminine.

While Malevich struggled in creating
under the Communist regime of the USSR,
Mondrian worked in Paris, London and New York.
His late works reflected the western city life style,
especially  “the New York state of mind”,
and the contemporary Jazz rhythms.

We can see it in his last unfinished work,

Broadway Boogie-Woogie,1943.

Alongside with his writings about Neo-Platonism,

and not least important, is the fact that
his works “penetrated” into popular art
and commercial  items:

In fashion:

In furniture:

In children games:

Mondrian’s art influenced not only “high art”,
but also “pop art”.

Here I come to me.
Humble me,
was influenced by abstractization!

I’ll talk about my new
geometric collection
in my next post.
See you there,

Vita

Geometrical  Jewelry? Me??? (2)

As I’ve already mentioned, in my previous post,
I was surprised at myself with my new
 geometric collection.

In this collection, I was influenced
by my other love (except for Nature),
 Art
Being more specific, by
Contemporary Art.

I would like to discuss about  two most influential artists,
from the beginning of the 20^th century,
who focused on geometric forms:

Kasimir Malevich  (1879-1935)

                                             Self Portait, 1910.

Malevich was more radical than his contemporaries,
from the Parisian Avant-guards, the Cubists and the Fauvists.

The  Russian artist  named his theory “Supremacism”, 
claiming that painting is a flat, non-representative medium.

Useless to mention, that since its invention,
photography took the task of representation
and mimesis ( imitation), quit successfully.

Therefore, according to Malevich, painting, 
has to be composed of abstract  generic forms
mostly of geometric forms,
such as line, square, circle, cross,
which are painted with primary colors (red, blue, yellow).

Aero plane flying, 1915. 

This absolute abstract way of painting, enables the viewer
to contemplate, to concentrate in an invert experience,
instead of looking at  a mimesis of his surroundings.
At times, his theory came close to mysticism.

Dynamic Suprematism/Supremus 1916-17.

In 1915, Malevich already painted complete abstract paintings,
such as the Black  Square.

It contained nothing but a black square, surrounded by
a narrower white square, and a white squared frame.

Malevich lived through the Bolshevik revolution
and could not adjust to the Communist regime.
But fortunately, because of his previous connections
with Western artists,
his ideas and writings had a profound influence
on Western Art, especially on Abstract art,
and about 50 years later –
on Minimalism, and on ConceptuallistArt.

 In fact, today the “Malevich Square” 

became the icon and the symbol
of abstract painting!

That is for this time.

My next post will focus on another influential artist.
I won’t tell you now….

Keep tuned…

Vita

Geometrical  Jewelry?  Me??? (1)

I would like to share with you
my reflections about my new
geometric collection.

As I’ve already hinted in the title,
I surprised myself with this collection,
because, as a Nature lover, and a “veteran” hiker,
my inspiration derives from biomorphic forms,
which means soft, round and twisted lines.

Mount Sdom (Sodom),near the Dead Sea, Israel:

Winter blossoming in the desert, Israel:

Here are some of my nature inspired jewels:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/JewelryByVita

But then, there are also geometric forms in Nature, like-

The Volcanic Hexagon pool in the Golan Heights, Israel

Although, I admit, I had not thought about them

when I made this collection…

This time, I was influenced by my other love –
ART, and more specifically - Contemporary Art.

Two great artists in the beginning of the 20^th century
focused on geometric forms, and left a significant legacy,
influencing following artists.
(Of course, you would say: “I know, she is going to write
about Pablo Picasso and Cubism…” Not this time!)

I am going to write about them in my next post.

So, let's meet again soon,

Vita

 

Is  it “Wow” or “Yuck”

 

(About Kitsch in Art)

post  no.2

 

What about Contemporary Art?

 

The Post-Modernism of  which  heyday was in the 1980s, reinforced
the tendency of mixing “high” and “low” art and of challenging the
elitist attitude of the artistic establishment.

 

   

 

 

Jeff Koons, Puppy,(1992).

A floral statue of a dog at the entrance of the

Guggenheim Bilbao museum. 

 

The subversive and ironic  approach of the Post-Modernists, against modern images, caused the artists to use kitschy images as bad and  negative examples of the culture of the past. Again, Kitsch was taken out of its context, but  was given a different meaning from that of the Pop-Art.

 

 

 

 

Jeff koons, Baloon Dog, 1994.

At the Chateau de Versailles.  

 

Still – in one way or another – Kitsch  was present in museums…

 

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Talking of Kitsch - 

I cannot  ignore my kitschy and cute butterflies!

 

Butterfly is a  beautiful  animal .

So beautiful that any photo of it seems “gaudy as a butterfly”,and is suspected as a manipulated Kitsch.

 

Here are butterfly photos, taken in the Alps during the Tour de-Mont Blanc.
(I am an experienced trekker for the last 26 years…)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cliché  meaning of the butterfly is – Freedom.

But for me it is the symbol of the uniqueness of life.

Life is beautiful  and colorful as a butterfly

But is  short as its’ life...

We must enjoy it!

Make the best of this wonderful gift!

 

Here are my butterfy jewels:

 https://www.etsy.com/listing/89091327

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/89091349

 



 

 

 

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Thank you

Vita