What is Suprematism?
Q: What is Suprematism?
A: Suprematism is an abstract art movement started in Russia, 1915/1916. It focussed on basic geometric forms such as the square and circle and is an example of geometric abstraction.
Q: Who founded Suprematism?
A: Suprematism was founded by Kazimir Malevich.
Q: What inspired Malevich to create the powerful image of the black square on a white ground?
A: In his book The Non-Objective World, published abroad as a Bauhaus Book in 1927, Malevich described that he felt only night within him which inspired him to create the new art which he called Suprematism.
Q: What painting marked a breakthrough from polychrome to monochrome suprematism?
A: White on White painted by Malevich marked a breakthrough from polychrome to monochrome suprematism.
Q: When did Malevich exhibit his early experiments in suprematist painting?
A: In 1915, Malevich exhibited his early experiments in suprematist painting.
Q: What was the centerpiece of his show? A: The centerpiece of his show was the Black Square, placed in what is called the red/beautiful corner in Russian Orthodox tradition, the place of the main icon in a house.
Q: What titles did some paintings from 1915 express? A: Some of the titles to paintings from 1915 expressed concepts related to non-euclidean geometry which imagined forms in movement or through time; titles such as Two dimensional painted masses in the state of movement.
