Barnett Newman vs. Kazimir Malevich
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Barnett Newman
1905 – 1970
Barnett Newman was an American painter. He has been critically regarded as one of the major figures of abstract expressionism, and one of the foremost color field painters. His paintings explore the sense of place that viewers experience with art and incorporate the simplest forms to emphasize this feeling.
"Newman exhibition at the Tate Gallery"
Kazimir Malevich
1879 – 1935
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist, whose pioneering work and writing influenced the development of abstract art in the 20th century. His concept of Suprematism sought to develop a form of expression that moved as far as possible from the world of natural forms (objectivity) and subject matter in order to access "the supremacy of pure feeling" and spirituality. Born in Kiev, modern-day Ukraine, to an ethnic Polish family, Malevich was active primarily in Russia and became a leading artist of the Russian avant-garde.
".. under a new banner.. .. change the means of battle with thought, content, and logic.. ..advance Alogism after Futurism."
Connections
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