KAZIMIR MALEVICH and the RUSSIAN AVANT- GARDE Author: Aleksandra Shatskikh, Bart Rutten, Linda S
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PRIVATE: KAZIMIR MALEVICH AND THE RUSSIAN AVANT- GARDE author: Aleksandra Shatskikh, Bart Rutten, Linda S. Boersma artists: Alexander Rodchenko, Boris Ender, El Lissitzky, Ilia Chashnik, Ivan Kyun, Ivan Puni, FEATURING SELECTIONS FROM THEKazimir Malevich, Ksenia Ender, Lyubov Popova, Marc Chagall, Maria Ender, Mikhail Larionov, Mikhail Matyushin, Mikhail Menkov, KHARDZIEV AND COSTAKIS COLLECTIONSNadezhda Udaltsova, Natalia Goncharova, Nikolai Suetin, Olga Rozanova, Vera Pestel, Vladimir Tatlin, Wassily Kandinsky, Yurii Ender Best known for his purely abstract work, Malevich was inspired by diverse art movements of his day. Through oil paintings, gouaches, drawings, and sculptures, Walther Koenig the catalogue traces the rich variety of his oeuvre. £38.00 ISBN 9783863354206 It will be surprising to many to recognize those influences in the work of Malevich: the light touches of Impressionism, the spirituality of Symbolism, Fauvism and hardback 240 pages exotic colored geometric cubism and primitivism next to futuristic dynamism. 349 colour illustrations 285mm x 223mm The catalogue follows Malevich's development to his 'own' Suprematism, as he Expected Publication: 1 Oct 2013 established in paintings, spatial 'arkhitektons' and designs for opera and film. Attention is also paid to the figurative works from the period, which in the West initially were not valued, partly because they were totally unknown. The Khardzhiev and Costakis collections provide a context for this varied oeuvre by including many works by Malevich's fellow artists of the Russian avant-garde. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 19 October 2013 – 2 February 2014. DISTRIBUTED BY tel: +44 (0)161 200 1503 Cornerhouse Publications fax: +44 (0)161 200 1504 70 Oxford Street email: [email protected] Manchester M1 5NH www.cornerhouse.org/books England.