Suprematist Cross

In 1914 Malevich, who was one of the most radical and radical artists of the Russian avant-garde, formulated the theory of Suprematism, according to which Suprematist works were devoid of any kind of object and presented compositions of geometric shapes and colours that were intended to declare the primacy of form over content and to declare that it is form that imparts content and not the other way around. The "Suprematist Cross", a black and white geometric composition structured around the shape of a large white cross inscribed in a black square, is one of the most characteristic examples of 'Suprematism'. Each antenna of the cross extends over the entire height and length of the painting surface, while its thickness occupies approximately one third of the almost square painting surface.