In this passage, the writer admires his best friend. What fascinates Borges most about Sur Sola is that he can connect reality in a game-like, intelligent and artistic way.
Xul Solar is an Argentine painter, sculptor, writer, inventor of fictional language, and a wizard who is proficient in astrology, mysterious science, language and myth. During his travels in Europe, influenced by the avant-garde, he gradually formed a very unique personal style, which was both original and integrated with various elements of different trends. His works are like an alien's dream world, which is concise, elegant and extraordinarily rich in cultural connotations.
Sur Sola, whose original name was Oscar Augustine Alexander Schulz solari, was born in 1887 in san fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father was German and his mother was Italian, and spent his childhood. At the age of seven, Sur suffered from typhoid fever. The following year, his only sister got typhoid fever and died of illness. During primary school, Sur started at a French school and studied French, Italian and Latin. Later I transferred to an English school. He also learned the violin, but he stopped after a riding accident.
from 191 to 199, due to his father's job transfer, the whole family moved to Buenos Aires, the capital (Buyi for short), where Sur went to middle school. His father is an engineer and works as a technical director in the national prison. Sur also participated in the construction of the prison and helped to build the wall. At the age of 18, he entered the university to study architecture and dropped out two years later.
In 196, at the age of 19, Sur bought his first piano. Music is a very important part of Sur's family life. Grandfather Alexander Schultz is a composer, and father Emilio can play the zither. Sur has been exposed to music since he was a child, and has laid a solid music foundation. He likes Wagner and Bach's music, especially operas and symphonies. Sur is proficient in music theory. After several years, he improved the music notation system to make it easier to learn and play, and began to transform several musical instruments belonging to his wife Lida, including the piano, reed organ and piano. Sur's paintings have a series of directly musical themes, such as: sacred dance, melody barrier, pentamelody, Bach choir, Chopin's improvisation and so on.
in p>1912, sur decided to travel to Europe, and the first stop was London. He stayed in Europe for 12 years and lived in different cities: Paris, Turin, Genoa, Marseille, Zoalli, Florence, Milan and Munich. In Italy, he became friends with Argentine painter Pettoruti. According to Pettoruti, at that time (1916), Sur had mastered the skill of watercolor painting very well. At the same time, Sur also knows a lot about religion and Hermes philosophy.
In p>192, Sur began to use "Sur Sola" as his signature, and together with the sculptor Arturo Martini, he held his first exhibition in Milan.
At the exhibition, Sur's oil paintings showed the new trend of European art, especially expressionism and fauvism, and embodied the mysterious spirit through imaginative symbols. In addition, he also showed his watercolor paintings, showing vines influenced by the Art Nouveau movement and geometric figures that make his works almost abstract. Sur has always maintained his fantastic characteristics in his paintings, which is the distinctive feature of all his paintings.
Sur pursues the harmony of the universe and is committed to improving the communication between human beings. He spent many years creating languages and invented "Neo-Rio Oro", a language that modified and mixed Spanish and Portuguese. It also created a universal language called "Pan-language". Borges' short story Tron, Ukbar, Obis Te Tius was inspired from here.
Sur has a series of other inventions, such as "Pan-game", an infinitely complicated chess; Modified tarot cards; There is also a piano with texture and color keys. Different textures and colors correspond to different sounds, which he designed according to the principle of astrology.
Around p>1953, Sur painted watercolors in the Tigray Delta around Buyi. In 1958, he created a set of "painting calligraphy".
Since returning to Argentina in 1924, Sur has held only a few exhibitions. In that year, he participated in the "Freedom Salon" held in Vimco Gallery, and established close contacts with the avant-garde intellectuals who edited Martin Fierro magazine and became partners. Since then, Sur has established friendship with Argentine poet Oliver Girondo and writer Macedonian Fernandez, especially with Borges.
In 1929, Sur held his first solo exhibition in Buyi in the Association of Friends of Art.. In 194, he held another exhibition in the same place. Later, art exhibitions were held in different galleries: in 1949, Samos Gallery; In 1951, Ji Weng Gallery; In 1953, Van Riel Gallery. In addition, he also participated in collective exhibitions in museums and art halls.
sur died in 1963 in Tigray, Buenos Aires province. In the same year, Borges held a commemorative exhibition in the National Art Museum of Argentina. In 199, the museum of Sur Sola's former residence was opened, and most of Sur's works were exhibited there.
Resources:
Museo Xul Solar
Wikipedia: Xul Solar
ccva.com.ar
Biographical videos.com
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