Aug 4, 2015 17:47
8 yrs ago
Russian term
формотворчество
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Abstract art
This term appears regularly in this essay on a new movement in art. The author is referring to the need to move beyond the art of the likes of Malevich, Mondrian, Kandinsky, Barnett Newman, and so on. Here are two sentences in which the term is used:
1. Абстрактное искусство сначала извивалось в интеллектуальных мастурбациях, затем окончательно потонуло в бессмысленном формотворчестве.
2. Чистое формотворчество многих абстракционистов, как и искусство чистых смысловиков-концептуалистов прошло, и настало время идеального баланса.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
1. Абстрактное искусство сначала извивалось в интеллектуальных мастурбациях, затем окончательно потонуло в бессмысленном формотворчестве.
2. Чистое формотворчество многих абстракционистов, как и искусство чистых смысловиков-концептуалистов прошло, и настало время идеального баланса.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | eventually degraded into creation of meaningless forms. |
TatianaHughes
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| 4 +2 | (gratuitous) generation of forms/shapes |
JW Narins
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| 4 +1 | ... got lost altogether in the sea of meaningless form |
The Misha
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Proposed translations
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TatianaHughes
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eventually degraded into creation of meaningless forms.
Еще один вариант в копилку. :)
Я думаю позволительно в этом случае разбить "формотворчество" на творчество форм. )
Я думаю позволительно в этом случае разбить "формотворчество" на творчество форм. )
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks very much, Tatiana!"
+2
4 mins
(gratuitous) generation of forms/shapes
the breeding/multiplication of every more various figures on a canvas for its own sake
+1
1 hr
... got lost altogether in the sea of meaningless form
Naturally, there's no one right way of saying this. It's what you think you like best. You could also work something like "meaningless formalism" into the sentence but personally I don't like it as much.
On a totally different note, the author seems to be full of hot air. Ordinarily, those who spend their time producing artistic manifestos never have what it takes to do any art worth looking at. Just you look at Marcel Duchamp, of countless others.
On a totally different note, the author seems to be full of hot air. Ordinarily, those who spend their time producing artistic manifestos never have what it takes to do any art worth looking at. Just you look at Marcel Duchamp, of countless others.
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