In the mid 1910s, Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) founded the idealistic and utopian art movement Suprematism. Certain of its universal significance, which sought a nonobjective representation of the world, Malevich created a school of followers who took up his ideas both in and outside Russia. His adherents did more than just mimic their teacher: they translated his philosophies in their own unique manner. Malevich's Circle brings together nearly 600 reproductions of work by more than 30 artists, as well as historical and ...
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In the mid 1910s, Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) founded the idealistic and utopian art movement Suprematism. Certain of its universal significance, which sought a nonobjective representation of the world, Malevich created a school of followers who took up his ideas both in and outside Russia. His adherents did more than just mimic their teacher: they translated his philosophies in their own unique manner. Malevich's Circle brings together nearly 600 reproductions of work by more than 30 artists, as well as historical and critical essays and artists' biographies to introduce an extremely important, yet little-known, phenomenon in Russian art: the oeuvres of those who continued the ideas of their mentor.
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