With political discourse taking center stage in Russia during the early 20th century, the atmosphere surrounding the beliefs of the working class switched from the oppression of autocracy towards a communist state. The effects surrounding the societal switch was sparking new ideas and viewpoints in the world of art. Russian avant-garde artist, Kazimir Malevich, the inventor and pioneer of Suprematism, was a driving force in the development of today’s modern art community. His views and messages depicted through his invented work in Suprematism, was arguably some of the most avant-garde work to come out of Russia during that time period.
Born in February 1878, near Kiev to Seweryn and Ludwika Malewicz, Kazimir was the first of fourteen children, …show more content…
Despite the avant-garde developments that were happening in France, this revival of artistic style and value was fueled by a strongly nationalistic feeling towards the Italians reclaiming their prestige in the art community that was held throughout the Renaissance Era. The art advocated for expansion of industry and territory, believed only achievable by the destruction of reverence and past nostalgia. It was a wholesale assault on conventional values that was transcribed into a manifesto. It extolled the belief that revolution, war, the dynamism of machines, and the destruction of the past was the only way their new ideas could take hold and flourish. This cultural upheaval made its way to Russia and started a domino effect leading to the dismantling of the Tsarist autocracy. This was a partial overthrow and was the beginning to the rise of the Soviet Union. During the first revolution in February 1917, the Russian Empire collapsed with the removal of Emperor Nicholas II, and was replaced by a Provisional Government. Taking place in a context of heavy military setbacks due to World War I, much of the Russian Army was in a state of mutiny thus leading them to believe they could not repress the revolution enabling the partial take over. This led to a …show more content…
He was showing his cubo-futurist works in multiple exhibitions during 1912. With the upheaval and revival going on within Russia at the time, a proliferation of new artistic forms in painting, poetry, theatre, and even a revival of folk art became a pleasant environment for a Modernist culture to begin to flourish. It still remains a mystery as to how Malevich developed Suprematism while leading a career following the latest trends that were emerging in the art world. An accurate speculation could turn you to think that he may have been looking for a calm amidst all of the chaos that was happening around him. Maybe the calm he was looking for wasn’t able to be found among all the turmoil so he invented his own. He could have created Suprematism out of personal necessity for his own mental health. To make his turn to Suprematism more ambiguous, Malevich was always signing and re-signing his works using earlier dates. Although, he did acknowledge his fascination with aerial photography and aviation in his writings, which could have eventually led him to his abstractions derived from the aerial views of
Born in February 1878, near Kiev to Seweryn and Ludwika Malewicz, Kazimir was the first of fourteen children, …show more content…
Despite the avant-garde developments that were happening in France, this revival of artistic style and value was fueled by a strongly nationalistic feeling towards the Italians reclaiming their prestige in the art community that was held throughout the Renaissance Era. The art advocated for expansion of industry and territory, believed only achievable by the destruction of reverence and past nostalgia. It was a wholesale assault on conventional values that was transcribed into a manifesto. It extolled the belief that revolution, war, the dynamism of machines, and the destruction of the past was the only way their new ideas could take hold and flourish. This cultural upheaval made its way to Russia and started a domino effect leading to the dismantling of the Tsarist autocracy. This was a partial overthrow and was the beginning to the rise of the Soviet Union. During the first revolution in February 1917, the Russian Empire collapsed with the removal of Emperor Nicholas II, and was replaced by a Provisional Government. Taking place in a context of heavy military setbacks due to World War I, much of the Russian Army was in a state of mutiny thus leading them to believe they could not repress the revolution enabling the partial take over. This led to a …show more content…
He was showing his cubo-futurist works in multiple exhibitions during 1912. With the upheaval and revival going on within Russia at the time, a proliferation of new artistic forms in painting, poetry, theatre, and even a revival of folk art became a pleasant environment for a Modernist culture to begin to flourish. It still remains a mystery as to how Malevich developed Suprematism while leading a career following the latest trends that were emerging in the art world. An accurate speculation could turn you to think that he may have been looking for a calm amidst all of the chaos that was happening around him. Maybe the calm he was looking for wasn’t able to be found among all the turmoil so he invented his own. He could have created Suprematism out of personal necessity for his own mental health. To make his turn to Suprematism more ambiguous, Malevich was always signing and re-signing his works using earlier dates. Although, he did acknowledge his fascination with aerial photography and aviation in his writings, which could have eventually led him to his abstractions derived from the aerial views of