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Affichage des articles du novembre 4, 2014

ONTO MALEVITCH and a MARKET

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Now up to the next floor to see the Malevich. In actual fact I should have started there as the crowds were much thicker than I had anticipated. I know his work and could add, quite well - but where on earth did I see a big exhibition of his in recent years? That could not be solved until I got back to Paris. Having a Blog is an excellent memory aid and as I thought, I had seen a retrospective of his work in Amsterdam « From Matisse to Malevich » in January 2012. Re-reading the chapter made me wonder what I could add. CHANGING MY FEELINGS   Malevich - Stedelijk Amsterdam - 17th January The set out was very different, following his work from an early age. Whereas in the exhibition I had seen in Amsterdam, it was difficult to enter into his geometric design. This time I found it much easier although my previous comments on his modern icon, « The Black Square » are still the same. It may have been a totally new approach to his work which he now called Suprematism, but I st