Kazimir Malevich, 1879 -1935
(image from telegraph.co.uk):
Self portrait, 1908 – 1910
Kazimir Malevich
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was a Russian painter whose work was influenced by Cubist aesthetics,
as introduced by the artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
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Cubism was an art movement, which originated in the 1910s
with Picasso and Braque interpretive of a breaking up and re-assembling
of a given subject in basic geometric shapes and abstract form.
The rendering is meant to be appreciated from various focal perspectives,
thus generating a sense of dimensionality and dynamism.
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(image from artchive.com):
cubist portrait of Wilhem Uhde, 1910
by Pablo Picasso
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(image from tellcliff.com):
Carafe, Jug and Fruit Bowl, 1909
by Pablo Picasso
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(images from acquavella galleries:
Harbour, 1909
by George Braques
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Glass, Bottle and Newspaper
by Georg Braques
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Cubist sensibilities and abstract imagery
in interpreting how images are viewed and depicted
resonated with Kazimir Malevich,
who took geometric abstraction another step in his creating of
Suprematism.
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In Suprematism, a term he coined in 1915,
Malevich was concerned with expressing purity:
works free from political or social innuendos
composed of simple geometric forms.
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Mark your diary!
The Tate Modern, London
is the venue for a retrospective exhibition,
which chronicles the works of Kazimir Malevich
from his early landscape paintings / local scenes,
his development of Suprematism
and later works of figurative art.
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Early Works:
local scene / landscape
(images from pravda.ru):
Flower Girl, 1903
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Landscape, 1906 – 1908
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Suprematism
paintings by Kazimir Malevich
(image from tate.org.uk):
Black Square, 1915
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(image from artinthepicture.com):
Aeroplane Flying
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(images from art observed):
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painted in 1916
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painted in 1917
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Later Works:
figurative paintings
(images from art might):
Three Women, 1928
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Two Peasants, 1928
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Tate Modern, London
Bankside, London SE
Malevich: Revolutionary of Russian Art
until 26 October 2014
For further information:
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/malevich
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