On Hadid and suprematism and constructivism

I came across recently this very inspiring video on Zaha Hadid's groundbreaking architecture, Kazimir Malevich's suprematism and El Lissitzky's constructivism:

Video from Architectural Digest's youtube channel

Additional Element

Space-age Malevich?  From the the exhibition Post Pop: East Meets West, Boris Orlov's Additional Element series of enamel on black-and-white photographs currently at Saatchi Gallery, London:

Malevich @ Tate

I was totally overwhelmed to see so many suprematist paintings by this avant-garde pioneer in one place all at once this summer.  Kazimir Malevich's retrospective still on at Tate Modern, London:

Eight Red Rectangles

Based on Kazimir Malevich's Suprematism (With Eight Red Rectangles), Buzz Spector's Malevich: With Eight Red Rectangles at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago 2013:

E14 + East Street Estate

This one's for you, G, and your grandmother ...

A housing estate in east London:

Recalling Kazimir Malevich's suprematist paintings, Keith Coventry's East Street Estate at Tate Britain, London 2013:

Bulatov. Prigov. Breaking The Ice

Back in Toronto just in time for the New Year ...

Currently showing in parallel with Russian new art at Saatchi Gallery is the group exhibition Breaking The Ice: Moscow Art, 1960-1980s.  Erik Bulatov was one of the few names that I had previously come across (at New York's New Museum, 2011).  Dmitri Prigov and many more Russian artists were also featured.

Bulatov at Saatchi, London 2012:

The last painting shown here, clearly referencing Kazimir Malevich's Black Square, actually has a white dot in the middle and is titled Point.

Prigov, also referencing Malevich's Black Square:

Russian avant-garde @ Ludwig

I have always loved the Russian avant-garde.  When I visited Koeln's Museum Ludwig in July, I was impressed by its broad collection.

Kazimir Malevich at Ludwig, 2011:

Ilja Tchaschnik at Ludwig, 2011:

Alexander Rodchenko at Ludwig, 2011:

Another edition of Rodchenko's spatial construction Square In A Square in the last picture was shown at Berlinische Galerie in Berlin.

From Mordor With Love

Pavel Pepperstein's works from his London show From Mordor With Love at Regina Gallery last year seemed to carry a deeper political message.  But I was more excited by their reference to suprematist Malevich.  Many of his paintings at the show were alternatively interpreted "national flags":

German geometric abstraction

I have been following contemporary German art for the past few years.  The early 20th century Russian avant garde pioneer of geometric abstraction Kazimir Malevich has been a major inspiration for the German artist Imi Knoebel's artistic creations.  While Malevich's approach to art is almost religious, Knoebel's is apparently more playful.  I was ecstatic to find Knoebel's installation Genter Raum at Duesseldorf's K21 last summer:

Another German artist Gerhard Richter's artistic practice is more diversified.  He has simultaneously produced abstract and photorealistic works.  I saw the paintings from his Colour Charts series at Duisburg's Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst in 2009: