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Art
Malevich in Focus

When

Feb 19, 2010 – June 30, 2010

Daily

Where
Guggenheim Museum (1071 5th Ave, 212.423.3500)
Price
$18
Details
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/upcoming/malevich-in-focus-1912-1922
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It's been eight-plus decades since the six arresting paintings in this exhibition have been shown together. Their emphatic use of color and geometric bent are hallmarks of Kazimir Malevich, the Russian avant-gardist who pioneered the form-centered Suprematist style as Europe was hurling itself into the absurdity of the first World War. Cubism and aerial photography — the designs and patterns of life writ large yet intricate — had a particularly deep imprint on Malevich's technique, and this exhibition zeroes in on his 1912-1922 timeline, when his oeuvre fades further from reality and into the eye-catching realms of the abstract.

Jason Jude Chan