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Kazimir Malevich’s painting Black Square is one of the twentieth century's emblematic paintings, the visual manifestation of a new period in world artistic culture at its inception. None of Malevich’s contemporary revolutionaries created a manifesto, an emblem, as capacious and in its own way unique as this work; it became both the quintessence of the Russian avant-gardist's own art—which he called Suprematism—and a milestone on the highway of world art. Writing about this single painting, Aleksandra Shatskikh sheds new light on Malevich, the Suprematist movement, and the Russian avant-garde. Malevich devoted his entire life to explicating Black Square's meanings. This process engendered a great legacy: the original abstract movement in painting and its theoretical grounding; philosophical treatises; architectural models; new art pedagogy; innovative approaches to theater, music, and poetry; and the creation of a new visual environment through the introduction of decorative applied designs. All of this together spoke to the tremendous potential for innovative shape and thought formation concentrated in Black Square. To this day, many circumstances and events of the origins of Suprematism have remained obscure and have sprouted arbitrary interpretations and fictions. Close study of archival materials and testimonies of contemporaries synchronous to the events described has allowed this author to establish the true genesis of Suprematism and its principal painting.
'Lively and engaging' Financial Times 'Empathetic and deeply humanising' Peter Pomerantsev, author of This is Not Propaganda Each time Ukraine has rebuilt itself over the last century, it has been plagued by the same conflicts: corruption, poverty, and most of all Russian aggression. Sophie Pinkham saw all this and more over ten years in Ukraine and Russia, a period that included the Maidan revolution of 2013-14, Russia's annexation of Crimea, and the ensuing war in Donbass. With a keen eye for the dark absurdities of post-Soviet society, Pinkham presents a dynamic account of contemporary Ukrainian life. She meet a charismatic doctor helping to smooth the transition to democracy even as he struggles with drug dependence; a band of Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarusian hippies in a Crimean idyll; and a Jewish clarinetist agitating for Ukrainian liberation. These fascinating personalities deliver an indelible impression of a country on the brink. Black Square is necessary reading for anyone who wishes to learn the roots of the current Russo-Ukrainian war and the personal stories of the people who live it every day. ___ 'Elegant, suggestive, ominous, beautiful, and deceptively simple . . . Perhaps the only thing more impressive than the sheer number and diversity of people Sophie Pinkham has spoken to is how deftly she has woven their stories into a single compulsively readable narrative.' Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot
Vladimir Azarov is from Moscow, Russia. He graduated at the Moscow Architectural Institute, which was called the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture before Russian Revolution. It was at this same institution that the pioneer of geometric abstract art Kazimir Malevich studied. Azarov's poetry often reflects his impression of Art – the painting, architecture, poetry, and cinema that inspires him. Black Square is devoted to «Grand Opening Transformation» of the Art Gallery of Ontario – his favourite place in the city of Toronto. Vladimir Azarov continues to work as an architect with the Moscow Architectural Company. He currently lives in Toronto.Владимир Азаров родом из Москвы, Россия. Он окончил Московский Архитектурный институт, который до русской революции назывался Московским училищем живописи, ваяния и зодчества. Именно в этом учебном заведении учился Пионер геометрического абстракционизма Казимир Малевич. Поэзия Азарова часто отражает его впечатление от искусства-живописи, архитектуры, поэзии и кинематографа, которые его вдохновляют. Черный квадрат посвящен «грандиозному открытию Преображения» художественной галереи Онтарио-его любимому месту в городе Торонто. Владимир Азаров продолжает работать архитектором в Московской архитектурной компании. В настоящее время он живет в Торонто.