About The Artist - Kazimir Malevich
(February 23, 1878 - May 15, 1935) |
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| Kazimir
Malevich was a Russian painter who is considered a pioneer
of abstract art using geometric patterns. |
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About
The Painting - Knife Grinder Principle of Flickering |
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Malevich's attraction
to painting started at a young age and he learnt the skills
and elements of painting at the Kiev School of Arts as well
as the Moscow Academy of Fine arts. Like most of his compositions,
Knife Grinder Principle of Flickering is also a classic example
of abstract painting where a knife grinder has been shown
doing its work. |
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Each and every element
in the painting is represented by a systematic and tubular
geometric pattern. The tubular style that is the highlight
of this painting is an art form as depicted in the Knife grinder
was responsible for changing the way paintings were being
created in that era. The knife grinder is the result of a
combination of cubism and the multiplication of the image
of futurism. |
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Another interesting
concept that Malevich applied in the Knife Grinder Principle
of Flickering is that of tilting the rectangles from the vertical
to the horizontal plane. With the addition of more colors,
he gave this painting a third dimension. |
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The third important
element or change that he has included in this painting is
that of adding white on white, which is prominent on the right
side of the Knife grinder. This style of using abstract geometric
patterns with different colors came to be known as Suprematism,
which was driven by his philosophy and at the very core of
some of the Modernist movements of that era. |
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The Knife grinder is
regarded as one of best in the Cubo-Futurist paintings created
by Malevich and was publicly shown at the Target exhibition
in Moscow in 1913. |
