Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

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Kazimir Malevich

Black Suprematist Square, 191

Oil on linen. 79,5 × 79,5 cm

Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

"Black Square" of Kazimir Malevich is one of the most famous works of Russian art. The first Black Square was painted in 1915 to become the turning point in the development of Russian avant-garde. It is curious that "Black Square" is not a square, it is a black quadrangle on a white background, because none of the sides of the quadrangle are parallel to any other side. The work of Kazimir Malevich is an extremely conflicting creation. Below there are two major points of view on what the sense of this painting is.

Black Square is a feeling

"This was no "empty square" which I had exhibited but rather the feeling of nonobjectivity". "Black Suprematist Square" is the vivid embodiment of Suprematism. The term "Suprematism" comes from the Latin suprem, which means dominance, superiority over all other color properties of painting. Suprematism painting is a pointless painting, the act of "pure art." "Black Square" reveals feelings. When a person looks at this picture, he feels some positive or negative emotions. It depends on what he associates black color with: loneliness, evil and emptiness or calmness, pacification and dreaminess. It can be said that every object has a static facade and an inner dynamic.

Black Square is a failed picture

Malevich had to paint a few more pictures by opening of the futuristic exhibition "0.10" in St. Petersburg December 19, 1915. Time was running out, and the artist either did not have time to finish a picture, or he was not satisfied with the result, and in the heat of the moment painted it over by drawing a black square.

At this point one of his friends came into the workshop, and when he saw the picture, he exclaimed "Brilliant!". Then Malevich decided to take the opportunity and came up with some higher meaning to his "Black Square ". Hence there is an effect of cracked paint on the surface. No mystery, just a failed picture.

Whether it had sense or not according to the author’s intention, only you can decide. It is up to you how to relate to this painting: to see in this a food for thought or nonsense.

Music!

This worldwide addiction consists of all colors of our emotions.

Love. Friendship. Life. Happiness. Loneliness. Satisfaction. Energy. So many words and just one way to express…

No, I will not tell you how wonderful music is. I will give a list of the most popular songs of this spring…

Choose. Listen. Enjoy.

Stromae - Tous Les Memes

Glenn Morrison - Goodbye

Parachute Youth - Runaway

Alesso & OneRepublic - If I Lose Myself

Chris Parker – Typhoon

Shakira feat. Rihanna - Cant Remember To Forget You

Mr Probz — Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)

Inna feat. J. Balvin — Cola Song

Black and white

Nowadays we live in a fast-growing and a fast-moving world. There are more than 7 billion of people living on the Earth and everyone has his own problems. All this leads to different social issues, which makes life more difficult. One of the most important social issue under discussion is immigration.

What makes people move to another country or region? Which advantages and disadvantages does it have? People migrate because of different problems in their life, but there are some positive aspects why people should do it. First of all, immigration gives people a chance to start a new life. People change their surroundings and find something new and this usually happens to be better than it used to be. It helps them to find happiness in this big world. Then, immigrants can be very useful for our society. For example, an immigrant from India can be very talented and can create something new and important in another country. At his home he could not do it because he was oppressed by the Parliament and he had a lot of other more important problems to solve, such as finding food or shelter. Another reason in favor of immigration is that immigrants introduce a lot of new things in our culture from their culture. We can see it more clearly in music. There are lots of very famous songs which were mixed of different ethnic styles.

On the other hand, a lot of people believe, that immigration is about poisoning the society. There are different opinions why we should stop it. The most important argument is population imbalance. Migration of people from one country to another leads to crowding in one nation as opposed to deserting of another. Then, immigration leads to some social conflicts. Lots of immigrants do not want to respect the culture of the country they live in. They recognize just their religion or culture and try to prove it. Such problems give birth to Racism. Moreover, immigration has economic problems. Governments should support immigrants, even though they are not citizens of the country and do not pay taxes. This is unfair in relation to real citizens who pay all taxes.

Taking everything into account I think that we should be more tolerant because everyone merits a better life and we should try to help each other, because all people on the earth are one big family.

Everyone needs rules

If you ask your friend, neighbor, parents a question if they have life principles, you may certainly expect the answer “of course, I have”, but then if you ask them to share some of them, your respondent will be lost. Why? It happens because in every situation we listen to our mind, heart, take into account our life experience and make rules which can simplify our life. For example if you have a rule to read a book in a week, you will do it, if you have a habit to be on time, you will do everything and come in a proper time on a meeting. I am absolutely sure that our principles make us disciplined, careful and more responsible. I would like to present some rules/principles that I get in resent time:

I. “No” is not an answer.

II. Find a solution of the problem. Do not accept excuses.

III. A risk must be proved.

IV. The worst outcomes as usual are better than all your fears.

V. The result is important, nothing else matters.

VI. It is easier to say sorry than to ask a permission

VII. Know all rules to know which of them you can break.

VIII. Changes are the most pleasant side of a risk.

IX. Express your thoughts clearly.

X. Find a teacher for yourself.

XI. Listen to a voice of your experience.

XII. Become a teacher for somebody.

XIII. Live in the moment.

XIV. Your head must be turned on even during a lunch.

XV. Insist on your opinion…if there is something to insist on.

Healthy lifestyle

Life expectancy is increasing but the life of a modern man is still endangered by many factors, such as the increasing pollution of the environment, sedative lifestyle of the majority of the population, the quality of food and so on.

There is the only way to preserve our health – it is healthy lifestyle. This means every day you have to do sport, keep balanced meals and give up unhealthy habits like drinking, smoking, and taking drugs.

Sometimes people look for reasons to postpone sport and proper nutrition and the main excuse is high costs of fitness clubs, public leisure centers, and indoor water parks. You seem to forget about doing regular exercise at home — aerobics, yoga or walking, jogging around your house; and forget about elevator – only stairs. In addition, people enjoy saying that they do not have enough time for all what needs to be done, bummers are used to saying that they get very tired at work, have a lot of household chores and have to take care of children. Nevertheless, all these reasons are connected with your laziness and may be a fear to start something new.

Be sure: if you adopt a healthy lifestyle, you extend your life and make yourself happier and more beautiful!

So now, I will give you some recommendations that will bring you an incredible result!

First of all, as I have said above, you should abstain from smoking as it is hazardous for your health and can lead to fatal diseases.

Next, pay attention to what you eat. Your meals must be balanced. It means your healthy diet will contain reduced amounts of cholesterol, fat, sugar and salt and protects our body from a wide range of diseases, including heart diseases, liver disease and cancer. Healthy diet does not prohibit eating little cake for a breakfast, but it does not allow overeating at night before going to sleep. By the way, do not eat within 4 hours of sleep.

Furthermore, an integral part of a healthy lifestyle is sport. Participating in sports and sports activities also protect your body from a wide range of illnesses, make you stronger, develop willpower, give you energy and, of course, keeping fit makes you look better and younger!

In short:

1. to keep balanced meals

2. to keep fit

3. to drink 2 liters of water a day

SCENT OF A WOMAN

“If you make a mistake, get all tangled up, just tango on”

“Scent of a Woman” is a American drama directed and produced by Martin Brest that tells a story of a prestigious school student Charlie who needs money and takes a job as an assistant to an overbearing, blind retired Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade. The film stars Al Pacino and Chris O'Donnell as leading actors.

Mister Frank Slade is a lonely and unhappy man who has lost the meaning of life. He used to serve faithfully to the motherland and be a person who people needed, however, because of his illness and his mistake he was "thrown overboard" of active social life. This state of affairs leads him to a desperate decision – to commit suicide, but before this for the last time he decides to indulge in all the pleasures of life and go to New York City. In this adventure Frank involves Charlie, a student hired by Colonel to assist him. Charlie also has his own problems. There's going to be a disciplinary hearing on Monday at school about who pulled the prank that damaged the headmaster's new Jaguar, and Charlie, who knows who did it, doesn't want to be a stoolie and he could get expelled for that. Being in New York for a couple of days, talking with each other, dancing with a wonderful woman, drinking alcohol and driving a Ferrari make them both understand what they have to do next. Charlie helps Frank to realize that he still loves life and is not ready to part with it, meanwhile Colonel gives Charlie the support of a strong man, the parent council and helps to become stronger when he needs it most of all. Make a mistake? Just move on. That is exactly what they have done.

This movie is a timeless classic of cinematography. There are many moving, emotional and unforgettable scenes, such as dancing a passionate and flamboyant tango in the restaurant, ride on a Ferrari full of sense of freedom and, of course, the monolog in the court where Frank plays a role of a brilliant barrister. Film makes the viewer feel alive, happy and satisfied. Great plot, genius acting and a thoughtful, touching and sometimes lively music create a masterpiece entitled “Scent of a Woman”.

“Scent of a Woman” is not only a strong, beautiful, bright and unpredictable film (however, I guess, this is quite enough), but also very passionate and very heartwarming. It is a sincere picture with deep meaning which I’d thoroughly recommend.

Review. Books.

“THE CASUAL VACANCY”

The book I’m going to tell you about is “The Casual Vacancy” written by J.K.Rowling. This is a novel, which was published worldwide by the Little, Brown Book Group on 27 September 2012. The story is set in a small suburban town called Pagford and begins with the death of one of the councilors, Barry Fairbrother. A seat of the council is vacant and begins a real war between Pagford’s inhabitants for a place.

The book is about how different people tried to pick up the power and how it influenced the life of others. This novel is split into two parts. The first part is about an adult life and the second one is about a teenager life. The Rich are at war with the poor. Adults don’t want to understand what happens with their children, because they think only about the power and how to get it. Everyone makes a protest, but no one was heard. There are discussed a lot of social issues in the book and we should decide ourselves what to do and what to choose.

The book totally differs from well-known early written Harry Potter stories. This book doesn’t move us into a magic world, but other way round, makes us see the reality. ‘It is always difficult to accept our life, but we have to’, says J.K.Rowling.

Anyway, the book is a good read, the plot is interesting and exciting and everyone can find its own way to understand the novel. I’d thoroughly recommend it.

@E-MAIL

“Give Up Smoking”

Recently, we have got a lot of e-mails about how to avoid bad habits. The last e-mail we got was from Sarah, where she writes that she has been smoking for 6 years and wants to give up smoking, but doesn’t know how to do it. So, we are ready to give advices to help everyone who has the same problem.

There are a lot of ways how to fight against smoking. The simplest is helpline. You can call them when you want and ask for advice. They will always help you and answer any question. Then there are some “clinics” where the qualified stuff will offer you lots of methods to help give up smoking. But there is another way which you can use at home. For example, surf the Internet and you will find different sites where people tell their stories how they did it. It can also help you with your problem. Anyway, your friends and family shoul be ready to support you, because it is always hard to fight with bad habits by yourself.

We wish you to never be afraid of changing your life for the better.

Keep in touch,

Your editors.

List of References

1 Art VS Technologies: imagination

2 Mystery of "Black Square": http://www.adme.ru/hudozhniki-i-art-proekty/10-smyslov-chernogo-kvadrata-508405/

3 Spring music: http://www.europaplus.ru/

4 Black and White: http://www.immigration.gov.ph/

5 Everyone needs rules: Cathie Black “Вasic black”

6 Healthy lifestyle: Healthy Lifestyle. Information and tools for a healthy lifestyle. http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle

7 Film for home watching: http://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/4871/ http://putlocker.bz/watch-scent-of-a-woman-online-free-putlocker.html

8 Book review: http://www.onreadz.net/book/The-Casual-Vacancy-1484800/

9 Answer to your E-MAIL: http://www.helpguide.org/mental/quit_smoking_cessation.htm

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