Thursday, 12 December 2013

Suprematism

Suprematism
(c.1915-1925)

KAZIMIR MALEVICH (1879-1935) 'Suprematism', 1915 (oil on canvas)
KAZIMIR MALEVICH (1879-1935)
'Suprematism', 1915 (oil on canvas)
Suprematism was developed in 1915 by the Russian artist Kazimir Malevich. It was a geometric style of abstract painting derived from elements of Cubism and Futurism. Malevich rejected any use of representational images, believing that the non-representational forms of pure abstraction had a greater spiritual power and an ability to open the mind to ‘the supremacy of pure feeling’.
Suprematism was a style of pure abstraction that advocated a mystical approach to art, in contrast with Constructivism, the major Russian art movement of the 20th Century, whose imagery served the social and political ideology of the state.

source http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/timelines/modern_art_timeline.htm

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