Δ Artist: Kazimir Malevich testing

Last Monday's theory course mentioned a Russian painter and art theoretician called Kazimir Malevich. He is also an originator of suprematism movement as well as an  avant-garde of art.

(Photograph of Kazimir Malevich)

In that course, I saw some of his works and paintings which inspired me on the spatial field. (I know it might be a little bit wired to say that, I used to see things with a spatial perspective which means that I see things as they are aerial views of cubes or sections of spaces.)  

(Suprematic track / 1916)

(suprematism)

Like those two images above, they are abstract concepts to express the idea of suprematism but at the very first sight, I just intuitively saw them as some vertical and horizontal plan practices. With that way, they inspired me by the positions they were arranged and the colour as well. Not to mention that they are more than what I saw.

The most famous paintings of Kazimir Malevich are the Black Square (1915) and the Suprematist Composition: White on White (1917-1918).

 (Black Square)

(Suprematist Composition: White on White)

The Black Square represents a series of non-objective paintings which related to a new word Kazimir Malevich created, suprematism which refers to the supremacy of the new geometric forms. With no textures and a simple symmetrical shape, it perfumes a pure geometric abstraction.

During the Russian Revolution, with an optimistic perspective, Kazimir Malevich saw a possibility of a new sociality and commence with a series of practice to open the next stage of his works. The White on White gave the world a huge shock by the soft outlines of the imprecise square make the white austerity of the painting seem more human. It breaks the boundary of the values if arts at that time. 

＃2 MAISD Project - Modeling

This week I made some models to practice the visual effects between two-dimensional graphic and three-dimensional space. 

At the first stage, I arranged a series of grayscale squares randomly on a box and cut off some of the squares. The box was leaned against the wall. (As the pictures illustrate below)

(Once move the box forward, the quantity of lighting behind the box will increase and will cause the change of light and dark presenting in the cutting hole. )

                       
                                                   

(Also, if the view point remains in a horizontal level, it is hard to discover that which block is a hole on the plane while others are actually colours on it. )

                                                    

                                            

                                              

(By using the dark tone, light tone, as well as the movements, forward and backward, the sight between three-dimensional and two-dimensional changes.)

                                             

During practiced with those models, the idea of the False Appearance commenced to be more clear. On the hand, some related contexts including the maintenance of lighting control, the thickness of the hole's frames, the distance of observing, and the movements of seeing, appeared as well.

As a result, the next stage would be dealing with those issues. It might be another series of model experiments focusing on a different perspective. 

＃1 MAISD Project - False Appearance

Having an interest in visual senses, I began my key words of references as position, illusion, visual trap, dissimulation, and sensory behavior.

Those key words are all related to the main idea of False Appearance, the topic the this project.  

a. position

The Endless Stairs (American Hardwood Export Council)

This reference displays an installation project, The Endless Stairs, which provides a variety of perspectives while walking on the stairs, changing the positions.

b. illusion

Tauba Auerbach's studio floor

New Nature System 7 (Russell Leng)

Colors with different tones and shadings express different feelings. When it connects to layers, they cause an illusion.(the reference shows that because of the dark color, it makes a wrong impression....)

The same effect shows in non-color drawings. In the case of grayscale, the illusion could be made by the arrangement of contract and it would be very different.

c. visual trap

20:50 (Richard Wilson)

The reflection plays a trick on visual senses and makes you wondering what is real, what is fake. 

d. dissimulation

James Turrell

This project shows an incomprehensible phenomenon in its dimensions which means it’s difficult to tell where is the exact borders of the space.

e. sensory behavior

Chapter 5, Passion and Delirium

“We can only see the surface of things through eyes. So it is important to use other sensations which can help us to understand the truth under the surface. If not, we can only believe what we have seen, but in fact it is just the fake which is regarded as truth.”

Those five references above inspired me an idea of further going of this project. It might takes some experiments searching for the accurater outcomes and I am looking forward to see what will it become.