为什么蒙特里安有种现代性的美?

Why Does Mondrian Feel So Modern?

Ji Zhang
Piet Mondrian -
Mondrian composition recreated in SVG by Ji Zhang
nationalgalerieberlin15. september-20. november 1968
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小时候第一次看到蒙特里安经典的红, 黄, 蓝的构成时就很喜欢. 当时也没有想清楚为什么, 只觉得有种现代性的美.As a kid, the first time I saw Mondrian's classic red, yellow, and blue compositions, I liked them right away. I didn't really know why then. There was just something modern about their beauty.

今年有次做东西时突然想明白了: 为什么蒙特里安有种现代性的美?
因为你甚至可以直接用 SVG 和 HTML 来复刻一些他的作品 (?)
Earlier this year, while making something, it suddenly clicked: why does Mondrian feel so modern?
Because you can even recreate some of his work directly with SVG and HTML (?)

而这种可被复制性, 可能正是所谓 modernity 很核心的一部分.And maybe that reproducibility is a core part of what we call modernity.