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The work "Athlete" of 1913, created by the famous Kazimir Malevich, is a fascinating example of the radically innovative approach of this Polish-Russian artist towards painting. Malevich, known mainly as the founder of suprematism that artistic current that exalts geometric shapes and pure colors to capture sensitivity and spirituality shows us in this work an interesting intersection between futurism and cubism.
In "athlete", the first thing that attracts attention is the complexity of its composition. Located somewhere between figuration and abstraction, the painting presents the figure of a man, obviously an athlete, although his representation is fragmented and broken into a series of plans and angles. The contours of his body and limbs unfold as if they are in perpetual motion. This decomposition of the subject in elementary geometric shapes reveals a clear influence of Cubism, emulating artists such as Picasso and Braque, but taken to an extreme of abstraction that anticipates the subsequent development of Malevich's suprematicism.
Color plays an essential role in this work. Malevich uses a limited but vibrant palette, mainly composed of tones of blue, green and brown. These colors do not have a direct correspondence with reality, reinforcing Malevich's idea that painting should not imitate nature but express a deeper sensory and emotional experience. Each tone seems to be carefully located to highlight the geometric structure of the athlete's body, increasing the sensation of dynamism and movement.
The use of space and perspective in "athlete" is also remarkable. Malevich almost completely eliminates the background, creating a vacuum that concentrates all attention on the main figure. The pictorial plane feels crushed and immediately present, without any illusory depth that distracts the intensification of shape and color. This space treatment is consistent with other works of the artist in that period, where the intention was to decompose the traditional hierarchy of figure and background.
It is pertinent to mention that this 1913 work is located just before Malevich presented its famous "black square on white background" in 1915, a work that is considered the visual manifesto of suprematism. In "athlete", you can see the first glimpses of this revolution, where the artist already begins to depart from the visual reality to immerse himself in a purely conceptual world.
Although "athlete" may not be as iconographic as his subsequent suprematist works, he offers an invaluable view of the Malevich artistic evolution process. Not only is it a piece that stands out for its audacity and experimentation, but it is also essential to understand the artist's transition to a new visual language that would forever change the course of modern art.
In conclusion, "athlete" of Malevich is a work rich in visual textures and meaning, emblematic of an era of transformation and challenge in the artistic panorama. It is a testimony of ingenuity and the vision of one of the most influential pioneers of the avant -garde art of the twentieth century.
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