I have established the semaphore of Suprematism.

Я преобразился в нуле форм и выловил себя из омута дряни академического искусства.

Kazimir Malevich

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Kazimir Malevich

Born in 1879 in the Russian Empire, Malevich painted Black Square, a radical icon of geometric abstraction. His Suprematism reduced art to pure geometric form and color, seeking the zero degree of painting.

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Source: From Cubism and Futurism to Suprematism: The New Painterly Realism, 1915Verified

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A painted surface is a real, living form.

Art does not need us, but we need art.

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