Malevich

Malevich

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<div class="margin-bottom" id="description_text_headlines"> <div> <strong>The supremacy of pure feeling</strong></div> <div>  </div> </div> <div class="description_text"> <div class="margin-bottom" id="description_text"> Dabbling in fauvism and cubism before founding the Suprematist movement, Russian painter and sculptor Kasimir Malevich (1879-1935) was a leading figure of the avant-garde and a pioneer of the non-objective style that he felt would "free viewers from the material world." In 1915, the same year he produced his most famous painting, "Black Square," he published the manifesto <em>From Cubism to Suprematism</em>. To critics who accused his work of being devoid of beauty and nature, he responded "art does not need us, and it never did."  His 1918 painting "Suprematist Composition: White on White," one of the most radical artworks of its time, fetched $60 million at auction in 2008.<br /> The supremacy of pure feeling</div> <div class="margin-bottom">  </div> <div class="margin-bottom" id="series_text" style="display: block;"> <strong>About the Series:</strong><br /> Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features:<ul> <li>a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance</li> <li>a concise biography</li> <li>approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions</li> </ul> </div> </div>