SupremePunk #113
Human Evolution
This Punk is inspired by CryptoPunk #9609 and the work of Pete Mondrian. The painting is based on the basic principles of neoplasticism, a style that Mondrian created. This style is characterized by abstract painting, large rectangular planes and the main colors of the spectrum. Being a deeply spiritual person, Mondrian was determined to develop a universal visual language. He gradually reduced the elements into a grid of lines and primary colors according to the principle of harmony. The artist saw lines and colors as elements with opposing cosmic forces.
Pete Mondrian — Red, yellow, blue and black, 1921
One of the most expressive paintings in the style of neoplasticism by Mondrian is the painting "Red, yellow, blue and black". The work belongs to a series of the most famous and replicated works by Mondrian, on the basis of which numerous designer items are created, ranging from furniture exteriors to patterns on women's dresses. The basis of the painting is a grid of thick black lines, and the central place is occupied by a large square of bright red color, which is balanced by additional yellow and blue fragments. As usual, Pete Mondrian made a whole series of similar works, experimenting with the location of colored squares, their size and line thickness. In most of these works, the artist uses only red, yellow and blue, sometimes adding gray or pale blue.
The SupremePunk is made in typical colors for neoplasticism: red, blue and yellow. The colored planes have a texture, which gives the work a decorative effect. White contour lines actively highlight the silhouettes of objects. The overall composition is calm and static, all the objects are well arranged.
Pete Mondrian — Victory. Boogie woogie, 1944
A triangular plane, atypical for neoplasticism, is drawn in the center of the composition. The unusual composition of the painting can be compared with another work by Pete Mondrian "Victory. Boogie woogie." Mondrian finished this painting in 1943, shortly after his move to New York (in 1938 he fled to America from fascism-ridden Europe). Art historians call this work the culmination of the artist's style and the principles of neoplasticism. Unlike the early abstract works, the squares here are smaller and brighter, there is not a single black spot, and the cells of pure color only shade the white space of the canvas. This work reflects the noisy sights and sounds of 1940s New York. The main distinguishing feature of the painting is its diamond-shaped shape, the canvas is rotated 45 degrees. Now the painting is in the collection of the Guggenheim Museum in The Hague. This is the last work of the artist that he worked on before he got to the hospital.
David Bomberg — Mud Bath, 1914
The work is considered a masterpiece of Bomberg's creativity of that period. Bomberg was one of the founders of the London Group, and the painting is considered a leading example of vorticism, although Bomberg resisted being called a vorticist. The painting is a striking composition of human figures formed from white-blue geometric planes and angles, in a rectangular bath of bright red color, surrounded by a mustard-brown landscape, arranged around a brown-black vertical element (possibly a column at the bath). There is an assumption that the bathers are waving their arms as if at a bacchanal.
Pete Mondrian — Evolution, 1990
The image of a person on a SupremePunk is quite expressive and recognizable, he is calm and melancholic. In his work, Mondrian also portrayed people. A similar image can be found on his triptych "Evolution". The work was written during the period of the artist's acquaintance with theosophy. This direction, which is based on the philosophical teachings of Buddhism, greatly influenced Mondrian and prompted him to search for the Absolute, which became a characteristic feature of the artist's painting and in the future — its main goal. The painting has the form of a triptych, which is generally not typical of Mondrian's work. The female figures depicted on it symbolize life, death and rebirth, and the bright, pure colors and straight lines already present here indicate the artist's desire for simplification and orderliness in fine art.
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