Kazimir Malevich

Kazimir Malevich, think "Male-vich" as in "male power" - a power stripped down to its bare essence, like his art. He pioneered Suprematism, a radically abstract style focused on pure geometric forms (squares, circles, rectangles) in a limited palette, often primarily black and white.

Key characteristics:

• Abstraction taken to the extreme: No representation of the real world, just pure feeling.
• Emphasis on spiritual and philosophical concepts: Malevich sought to express a higher reality, the "supremacy" of pure artistic feeling.
• Simplification and reduction: Stripping art down to its most fundamental elements.
• Dynamic composition: Geometric forms arranged to create a sense of movement and tension on the canvas.

Themes:

• Spirituality and the infinite.
• The supremacy of feeling over objective representation.
• A utopian vision of a new, pure art.