Suprematist Composition: Airplane in Space

 "Each form is free and individual. Each form is a world." 

-Kasimir Malevich

Kasimir Malevich was a member of the Suprematist movement. Like Marinetti and the futurist movement, Malevich wrote a manifesto explaining his purposes and ideas for the Suprematist movement. He wanted to create art pieces in which everyone would see the same thing. He painted a red square so that everyone would see a just a red square, nothing more than a red square and nothing less than a red square. He wanted everyone to have the same experience in order to unify the population and bring peace. If everyone shared the same experiences, then no one would feel superior, and social class and wars would cease.

 In the piece "Suprematist Composition: Airplane flying", everyone will only see 13 or 14 quadrilaterals of varying primary colors or black. He didn't want any of the colors to subjectively represent any emotions, and he didn't want the shapes to represent any emotions either. They do resemble buildings as viewed from above, which may account for the title. Malevich could have been trying to expose even the common man to the experience of an airplane ride. He said that he, "Uses forms to imitate the unifying effect of velocity", and this piece relates to this idea of the speed. At certain speeds, such as that of the airplane, recognizable forms become quadrilaterals of color and become objectified. All of this works to unify the overall human experience

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