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Kazimir Malevich / edited by Achim Borchardt-Hume.

Contributor(s): Borchardt-Hume, Achim [editor.] | Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum [host institution.] | Tate Modern (Gallery) [host institution.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Tate Publishing, 2014Description: 256 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781849761468 (pbk.) :Contained works: Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich, 1878-1935. Works. SelectionsSubject(s): Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich, 1878-1935 -- Exhibitions | Art and Design | Art and DesignDDC classification: 759.7 Summary: Russian-born Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935) was Russia's most influential avant-garde artist, a key figure in a succession of art movements in the early 20th century. In the 1930s his work was banned in the Soviet Union after the Stalinist regime labelled abstract art as bourgeois. He then developed a new kind of figuration, still with the sole aim of communicating his theories about the nature of art. This publication accompanies a unique retrospective of one of the founders of abstract art.
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Published to accompany the exhibition held at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1st November 2013-2nd February 2014 and Tate Modern, London, 16th July-19th October 2014.

Russian-born Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935) was Russia's most influential avant-garde artist, a key figure in a succession of art movements in the early 20th century. In the 1930s his work was banned in the Soviet Union after the Stalinist regime labelled abstract art as bourgeois. He then developed a new kind of figuration, still with the sole aim of communicating his theories about the nature of art. This publication accompanies a unique retrospective of one of the founders of abstract art.

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