Kazimir Malevich

by Crone, Rainer; Moos, David; Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich

• ISBN13: 9780226120935
• ISBN10: 0226120937
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-12-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

Malevich's sudden and startling realization of a non-objective way of painting - which he termed Suprematism - stands as a seminal moment in the history of twentieth-century art.Rainer Crone and David Moos trace the artist's development from his beginnings in the Ukraine and early years in Moscow - where he was closely involved in the Futurist circle - through to the late 1920s and beyond. The authors of this book convincingly demonstrate that it is only through a close and sustained reading of Malevich's late - and still widely misunderstood - painterly "oeuvre" that his extraordinarily inventive stance can truly be comprehended.Crone and Moos trace the close relationship between Malevich's practice and other contemporary non-political revolutions in physics, linguistics and poetry. They present Malevich as a uniquely creative artist, embodying in his work many of the insights and discoveries that define the twentieth century and the condition of modern life.

Author Biography

Rainer Crone is Professor of Twentieth-century Art at the University of Munich. He has co-authored a number of publications with David Moos.

Table of Contents

Prologue Introduction: This Book . . . and the End of Experience

The Question of Information

Artistic Positions: A Critical Survey

Origins of a Painter

Cubo-Futurism: Interchanges

Passages Through Poetry

The Edge of Innovation

Subjectivity in Temporality

Late Sensations and the New Reality

The Free Imaginary Variation Exhibitions

Notes Bibliography

Index

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