The Scenes of the Two. I Black square on white square

• Main Author: Riha, Rado
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Slovenian
• Published: ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC 2016
• Subjects: logic of signifier; subject; art; philosophy; logika označevalca; subjekt; likovna umetnost; filozofija; phil; Kvadrat; White Ground; sami
• Online Access: https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/filozofski-vestnik/article/view/3723

By drawing on the argument developed in Gerald Wajcman's book L'objet du sičcle, the author elaborates the figure of the subject appropriate to that what Wajcman presents as the object of the century, namely the painting by Kasimir Malevich “Black square on white ground”. The article argues that Malevich's painting presents the appearance of the subject at precisely the moment at which the black sqare emerges against the white ground. The black square which at first presents itself to the spectator's gaze as a black stain seems to be telling to the spectator: What you see is yourself qua subject. The painting by Malevichs teaches the spectator to open his/her eyes, indeed, it opens the spectator's eyes by making it possible for us, for our gaze, to appear in the painting. Prvi del članka prevzema in nadaljuje temo in argumentacijo knjige Gerard Wajcmana L'objet du siecle. Namen članka je, da oriše podobo subjekta, ki bi lahko ustrezal temu, kar nam Wajcmanovo delo med drugim ponudi kot objekt stoletja, se pravi sliki Kazimirja Maleviča “črni kvadrat na beli podlagi”. Osnovi argument članka je, da vdimo na Malevičevi sliki pojavitev subjekta. Subjekt pa se pojavi na platnu v trenutku, ko vidimo črni kvadrat na beli podlagi v tem, kar ni pravzaprav nič, kar je zgolj črni madež pred nami. črni, kvadratasti madež govori gledalcu: to, kar vidiš, to si ti sam kot subjekt. Malevičeva slika gledalca uči videti, odpira mu oči. Povzroči to, da se pojavi v sliki naš pogled, mi sami kot subjekt.