Shout Out to Kazimir Malevich

Kazimir Malevich, 1915

I first encountered Malevich's artwork in my modern art history class.  His non-objective artwork was breathtaking and deeply moved me as I stared at the screen.  According to Wikipedia, "Kazimir  Malevich (23 February 1879 – 15 May 1935) was a Russian painter and art theoretician. He was a pioneer of geometric abstract art and the originator of the avant-garde, Suprematist movement."  Suprematism is based on the "supremacy of pure artistic feeling" rather than focusing on depicting objects.  In the artwork pictured here, the meeting of the four squares creates a felt tension.  As the eyes flip from seeing the two black squares touch, then the two white squares touch.  Enjoy!