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Malevich

[ muh-ley-vich; Russian muh-lye-vyich ]

noun

  1. Kasimir [kaz, -, uh, mir], 1878–1935, Russian painter: founder of suprematism.


Malevich

/ ˈmalɪvitʃ /

noun

  1. MalevichKasimir18781935MRussianARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Kasimir (kəziˈmir). 1878–1935, Russian painter. He founded the abstract art movement known as Suprematism
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Creating a language that might be universal was a utopian social ambition embedded in the work of their abstract contemporaries, Piet Mondrian and Kazimir Malevich.

His elemental patterns can be found across cultures — in ancient temples or the early 20th century paintings of Russian suprematist Kazimir Malevich.

The battlefield is a pair of big overlapping crosses, black and red, amped-up versions of those of the Russian Constructivist Kazimir Malevich.

Especially important is her virtual banishment of white — which is so closely tied to geometric abstraction’s supposed purity, from Malevich and Mondrian forward.

With the Malevich piece, it’s not even 100 percent clear what is at hand.

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