Essay Archive - Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Malevich
By 1915, Kazimir Malevich had invented a new, abstract visual language that he called Suprematism. The name he gave to paintings consisting of one or more colored geometric shapes on a white field. Malevich wrote of visualizing a state of feeling, of creating through abstract painting a sense of bliss and wonder. Thus, his works often contain unanchored forms that are meant to evoke sensations of floating or flying, as if to make the viewer imagine being transported to another dimension. Malevich was a Constructivist who reduced art to primordial shape and often used transparency to convey his id....
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