0004. Broadway Boogie-Woogie
CornTown on Feb. 1, 2010
By Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)
Circa 1942-43
De Stijl (Neoplasticism)
One of the last works created by Mondrian, Broadway Boogie-Woogie is meant to display a grid of New York City and the movement of the city streets. This work while only having five colors (Red, blue, yellow,white, and black) is a lot since most of Mondrians paintings only consisted of three colors.
CornTown at 6:50PM, Feb. 4, 2010
The funny thing is, is that most of his paintings were just random squares. Boogie-Woogie is the exception where he tried to make something from the physical world.
Lemniskate at 1:28PM, Feb. 2, 2010
It would be so much more awesome if it WEREN'T planned as a city grid and were just "some random squares".