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Black and White. Suprematist Composition
Black and White. Suprematist Composition
Black and White. Suprematist Composition
Photo: Prallan Allsten/Moderna Museet

Black and White. Suprematist Composition

Artist (Ukraina, 1878 - 1935)
Alternate Title
  • Svart och vit. Suprematistisk komposition
  • Pictorial Masses in movement
Date1915
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 80 × 80 cm Ram: 86,3 × 86,6 × 5,5 cm
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineDonation 2004 från Bengt och Jelena Jangfeldt
Countries
Object NumberMOM/2004/97
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkKazimir Malevich studied at art schools in Russia, came in contact with contemporary tendencies at an early age, and was inspired by artists such as Matisse, Gauguin and Picasso. He was also influenced by symbolist ideas and by the composition in traditional Russian icons. In 1915, Malevich published his Manifesto of Suprematism, in which he declares his intention to liberate art from the meaningless yoke of things. Suprematism was Malevich’s own abstract art movement, based on simple geometric forms and the absence of any associations to the world at large. The new images were exclusively addressed to emotions, which were “supreme”. Malevich tolerated no depiction, no thoughts – no allusions to the world that is governed by hunger, reason, utility, intention.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Baksidan av duken är märkt med ett B upptill och med 9. nedtill. Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Konstnären (den 24 september 2016 - den 19 februari 2017) Moderna Museet Malmö Ryskt avantgarde - Visioner om en framtid (den 14 september 2013 - den 12 januari 2014) Moderna Museet Malmö Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Adventures of the Black Square. The Politics of Abstraction 1914-2014 (den 15 januari 2015 - den 21 mars 2015) Whitechapel Art Gallery, London Efter Babel (den 13 juni 2015 - den 30 augusti 2015) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Efter Babel : Poesin kommer att göras av alla! 89plus : [Moderna Museet 13.6-30.8.2015]Konstnären : [Moderna Museet Malmö 24/9 2016-19/2 2017]