Suprematist Composition: The painting represents a constellation of geometry and color in space with rigidity. The painting holds cultural and historical importance during a time of war and uproar. Shapes and colors are assembled and plotted systematically throughout the canvas. Malevich is once quoted as saying, “Color and texture in painting are ends in themselves.”
Black Square: Was the turning point in Russian Avant Garde. Malevich said that Suprematist art was divided into three stages which corresponded with the three squares he painted which were red, white, and black. The square was painted accurately and uniformly using the same brush stroke throughout. These square paintings were a break and separation from artwork that had preceded his own.
I like Suprematist Composition but have always wondered about paintings like Black Square. As a kid, and then later as an adult, whenever seeing paintings like Black Square displayed in a museum, I would wonder why on earth a museum would devote display space to something like THAT.
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