The Appeal of Suprematism
- Vallabhi Agrawal
- Aug 2, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 4, 2020
THE PAINTING THE MODEL
While working on this project as an elective in college, I didn't quite realise that I was working towards something akin to the Arkhitektons that were modelled by Malevich, the Suprematist visionary. While I was initially sceptical of what the non- objectivity and abstraction of space would entail, I quickly found that it was a different and yet oddly appealing way of working towards design. I was working towards something that lacked context, function and concentrated solely on the embodiment of abstraction in the three dimension. Why did I find it so appealing then?
The Suprematist propaganda arose due to the need of a new way of looking at things in the wake of the Russian revolution. While I can see the appeal of finding refuge from the real world in art in those tumultuous times, the fact is that abstraction holds a sense of fascination for almost every person.
I find that this greatly involves the human psyche. The abstract, aside from giving us a chance to put our feelings on paper is liberating. The idea of being freed from the rules and regulations appeals to us all. In this liberation, we can attempt to design unfettered and unhindered. In a way,We would be 'Designing for Design's sake' only.
It' human nature to want to escape the metaphorical chains that bind us and Suprematism allows us to do that by resorting to stripping things to their pure nature or essence. The weightlessness and the possibility of the infinite that the Suprematists talk about was a chance to explore without any constraints.
Suprematism also appeals to the rationale of the human mind. The human minds works to analyse things by resolving complexities to the simplest forms. By stripping things to their minimum and by exposing their true essence, suprematism allows us to do that.
Suprematism, like many other of it's contemporary movements was essentially found as a response to those conflicted times, it is relatable even today in it's ability to allow us to move away from the dogmas and the increasing constraints of the twenty first century.
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