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Abstract The Abstract art, which firstly appeared in the beginning of 20th century, was a new form of art expression. From the beginning of this cent- ury, there has been various styles of abstract art. By the formal elements, we could divide the abstract art into two categories: first, those with the for m simplified from objects in nature; second, those without. In this content, Klee belongs to the first and Kandinsky, the second. Also, the expression of various artists are quite different. Some abstract art styles in the early 20th century put emphasis on the spiritual content. And the works of abstract expressionism focus on the sensation brought by the medium the artists used on the work. The "Neoplasticism" of Mondrian is the abstract art with the spiritual content. There have been various studies on Mondrian. Some deal with the form of his art, while others deal with the comparison of life and creation. These studies contribute a great deal in the research of Mondrian. What is missing is that there has no such research which combines both the spiritual content and the abstract form. Therefore, we want to discuss this artist from two approaches: his writings(theory), and his paintings. By these two aproaches, we try to depicts the spiritual content. "The New Plastic in Painting" because of its thoroughness, therefore, is another focus of this research in addition to the neoplastic paintings. What we are concerned here are the exact expression of "form" and "content" in "The New Plastic in Painting" and neoplastic painting. Since, we will pay attention in both materials in three aspects: "the formal elements," "the formal relationship," and "the expression," which derived from Meyer Schapiro's description of style. By these approaches, we know the creative process of Mondrian. He made use of various art forms in the art history to express the spiritual content, which was already confirmed by himself. And generally speaking, for Mondrian, "the formal relationship" in painting is the bridge between the two ends of "formal elements" and "content." The construction of this bridge depends quite a lot on the writings of the artist. His writings are the direct expression of what he believes without the process of argumentation. Both situations show that Mondrian is very subjective in paintings and writings.
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