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Kazimir Malevich, one of the great pioneers of the avant -garde art of the twentieth century, left an indelible mark on the history of art with its innovative movement, suprematism. Although he is mainly recognized by his abstract works and his preference for geometric shapes and primary colors, one of his early works, "Sun victory suit: funeral artist" of 1913, offers a fascinating perspective on his artistic evolution and his collaboration in the theatrical field.
In this work, Malevich designed a suit for the futuristic opera "Victoria on the Sun", written by Russian poet Aleksei Kruchyonykh and with music from Mikhail Matyushin. Opera is a significant milestone, not only in Malevich's career, but also in the history of Russian art, as it marked a turning point towards abstraction and radical experimentation in the performing arts.
The suit designed by Malevich, intended for a "funeral artist", shows a boldness and creative freedom that prefigures his subsequent suprematist work. In the suit painting, the viewer faces an angular and fragmented figure, built from basic geometric shapes: rectangles and squares. The dark colors predominate, highlighting a palette dominated by black and brown, which brings a gloomy and ceremonious tone according to the character of the "funeral artist."
Malevich's very intention of the suit evidence to challenge the traditional conventions of the theatrical wardrobe. The figure is defined by straight lines and acute angles, which break with the natural forms of the human body and suggest a deliberate departure from mimetic reality. The forms are juxtaposed, creating an inherent dynamism that can be interpreted as a reflection of the break with the past and a movement towards the new and the unknown, a recurring theme in the work of the time.
It is crucial to contextualize this work within the framework of the "victory over the sun". This futuristic opera, which explored the liberation of the human being from the domain of the sun (symbol of the tyranny of time and nature), deeply resonated with the aspirations of the artists of the Russian avant -garde to transcend the traditional limits of art and life. Malevich, through his designs for the costumes, materialized those aspirations in a tangible and visually shocking way.
In the composition of the suit, the absence of traditional decorative elements and the choice of sober colors point to a purist and reductionist aesthetic that would find its fullest form in its later paintings Supreme, like the iconic "black square." However, even in this preliminary phase, the incipient geometric logic and the sense of order that would come to characterize their mature work can be seen.
Malevich, through "Sun's victory suit: funeral artist", not only experiences the shape and color, but also plays with the idea of art as a performance and the immersion of the spectator in a multisensory experience. This holistic approach prefigures interdisciplinary trends of contemporary art and reaffirms its position as a visionary advanced to its time.
In conclusion, the work "Costume for the victory over the sun: funeral artist" by Kazimir Malevich is a key piece that illuminates the experimental phase of his career and reflects his commitment to the radical renewal of art. Through precise geometric shapes and a sober chromatic palette, Malevich builds a suit that not only saw a body, but also symbolizes an ideology and aspiration towards the creation of a new world, freed from the forms and structures of the past.
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