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Kazimir Malevich: The Supremacy of Pure Feeling 马勒维奇：至上主义

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It is art that calls for the end of painting. Instead of focusing on images, it is based purely on emotion and raw revolutionary instinct. Both idealistic and rebellious, the work of Ukrainian artist Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) brought art into new territory. Fearlessly, he called out to his fellow artists, “…… follow me comrades, in flight, into the depths,” as a general would call out to his troops.

艺术发出终结绘画的呼吁。艺术的焦点不是表象，而是基于情感与革新本能。乌克兰画家马勒维奇（1878~1935）的作品，充满理想及叛逆性，将艺术带入崭新领域。他无畏地召唤艺术家同侪：「……伙伴们，跟着我，一起飞行，探索深奥。」有如一位将军向军队喊话。

Malevich was always an experimentalist. After studying at the Drawing School in Kiev, he explored modernist styles like Cubism and Futurism. But it would be something of his own creation that would set the art world on its ear. He called it Suprematism, which he defined as “….. the supremacy of pure feeling in creative art.”

马勒维奇一直是位实验家。进入基辅的绘画学校就读后，他探索像立体派及未来派等现代主义者的风格。但他自身的创作引起了艺术界注意。他将自己的创作称为「至上主义」（Suprematism），定义为：「……创造性艺术中纯粹感觉的极致。」

Suprematism involved geometric shapes, flatly painted on the pure canvas surface. Malevich created many of these compositions. Black Square, which is just that, was the forefather. White on White features a white square within a larger white frame.

至上主义包含了几何图形，图形被平面地绘于单纯的画布表面。马勒维奇创造了许多此类构图的画作。画如其名的《黑色方块》是这系列的始祖。《白上白》则呈现一较大的白色外框里又有白色方块。

Malevich’s art was closely tied to the Russian Revolution that was happening around him.He considered himself a revolutionary even after the Communist Party tried to censor his art, and even imprisoned him for it. But this reaction only gave his work all the more meaning. Its power derives not only from its appearance, but from the bold commitment of the man who created it.

马勒维奇的艺术创作与当时发生的俄国革命密切相关。即使当时的共产党试着箝制他的艺术创作，甚至因此囚禁他，他仍自认是个改革之士。而共产党的压制只是让他的作品更富意义。马勒维奇的作品力量不单来自它的外表呈现，同时也来自创作者的无畏奉献。

−by Joe Henley

Vocabulary

单词发音

imprison [ɪmˋprɪzn] v. 监禁；关押

commitment [kəˋmɪtmənt] n. 信奉；支持；献身

idealistic [aɪ͵dɪəlˋɪstɪk] adj. 理想主义的

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单词发音

supremacy [səˋprɛməsɪ] n. 至高无上；最高地位

call for 要求, 号召

revolutionary [͵rɛvəˋluʃən͵ɛrɪ] adj. 革命性的﹐创新的

instinct [ˋɪnstɪŋkt] n. 本能；天性

call out 大声地喊, 召集 to speak loudly to get someone's attention

Cubism [ˋkjubɪzəm] n. 立体派

Futurism [ˋfjutʃɚ͵ɪzəm] n. 未来派，未来主义

Suprematism [səˈprɛməˌtɪzən]n. 至上主义

define [dɪˋfaɪn] v. 给……下定义

geometric [dʒɪəˋmɛtrɪk] adj. 几何图案的

flatly [ˋflætlɪ] adv. 平面地; 平坦地

forefather [ˋfor͵fɑðɚ] n. 前辈; 始祖

censor [ˋsɛnsɚ] v. 检查（出版物等），审查

derive [dɪˋraɪv] v. 源自..., 出自...

set something on its ear 使.....大为惊讶 to change a type of activity in a surprising and exciting way

Ukrainian [juˋkrenɪən] adj. 乌克兰的

be tied to 与…紧密联系在一起

reaction [rɪˋækʃən] n. 反应

Suprematism (Supremus No. 58), Krasnodar Museum of Art (Malevich, 1916)

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