In the first article, Yve-Alain Bois writes about Lissitzky's fascination with the idea of infinity in relationship to perspectival space vs. axonometric space. Lissitzky wanted to be able to show his work in the infinite space and therefore led him to use axonometry where the human eye is able to see an abstraction of the objects and can actually grasp the infinite space in which it is a part of. I found it interesting how lissitzky wanted the viewer to rid of perspective in a particular drawing because it held one back from the perception of the space around it. For example the plus and minus factor that Bois writes about in Lissitzky's ideas allows one to view the object as floating or in an infinite space which has a deep relationship to where the viewer is oriented. I also like the idea of focusing on the negative and positive space where they are able to switch back and forth, making it difficult to actually grasp the relationship of the object, ground plane and sky.
When Lissitzky takes it another step further to how the drawing cannot be hung in a museum because it will automatically label and imply a context for the viewer, it seems to me that his full idea cannot really be appreciated. I understand his position in that he wants to strip away the object into an abstract infinite space but to push that same idea into how it cannot be set up in a museum seems odd. How else can the public view the piece?
Friday, October 3, 2008
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