Malevich
By: edited by Achim Borchardt-Hume ; with contributions by Alexander Bouras [and 9 others]
Contributors: Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich, 1878-1935; Borchardt-Hume, Achim, editor; Bouras, Alexander, writer of supplementary textual content; Tate Modern (Gallery); Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum; Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781849761468
Subjects: Avant-garde (Aesthetics); Russian Art; Exhibitions; History
Description: Russian-born Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935) was Russia's most influential avant-garde artist, a key figure in a succession of art movements in the early 20th century. In the 1930s his work was banned in the Soviet Union after the Stalinist regime labelled abstract art as bourgeois. He then developed a new kind of figuration, still with the sole aim of communicating his theories about the nature of art. This publication accompanies a unique retrospective of one of the founders of abstract art.

"This lavishly illustrated publication sheds new light on Malevich's remarkable career, from his participation in the quest for a new society to his confrontation with the Stalinist regime. Groundbreaking essays by prominent curators and art historians explore every aspect of his output--from his early paintings of Russian landscapes, agricultural workers and religious scenes to his dramatic step into abstraction and his much-debated return to figurative painting in later life. The artist's collaborative involvement with architecture and design is investigated, as well as his temporary abandonment of painting in favour of teaching and writing."--Back cover.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Tate Modern, London, 16 July-26 October 2014; also shown at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 18 October 2013-2 February 2014, and the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn, 8 March-22 June 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An icon for a modern age  -- Achim Borchardt-Hume; title: Malevich: becoming Russian  -- John Milner; title: Language, space and abstraction  -- Masha Chlenova; title: Malevich as exhibition maker  -- Christina Lodder; title: Colour masses  -- Nicholas Cullinan; title: Suprematism in the street: Malevich in Vitebsk  -- Iria Candela; title: Architecture as such  -- Maria Gough; title: Charting modernism: Malevich's research tables  -- Maria Kokkori and Alexander Bouras; title: From suprematism to supranaturalism: Malevich's late works -- Evgenia Petrova.