Let's discuss Russian art

vkar...@yahoo.com

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Jul 24, 2005, 11:47:48 PM7/24/05

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What do the readers think of Kazimir Malevich's famous painting
"African-American Square"?

MTRP

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Jul 25, 2005, 5:31:10 AM7/25/05

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OK, but where's the pic? Besides, the name Kasimir Severinovich
Malevich sounds pretty Polish ... 8-) :-P

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vkar...@yahoo.com

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Jul 25, 2005, 6:42:03 PM7/25/05

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MTRP wrote:
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> OK, but where's the pic?
>

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Like it?

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> Besides, the name Kasimir Severinovich
> Malevich sounds pretty Polish ... 8-) :-P
>

I assure you he was born in Russia and probably never even visited
Poland. Moreover, I very much doubt if there exists a single Pole, part
of whose name is "Severinovich". Sounds totally Russian to me.

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The Black Monk

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Jul 26, 2005, 2:05:11 PM7/26/05

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DK wrote:

> In article <1122263268.4...@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>, vkar...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >What do the readers think of Kazimir Malevich's famous painting
> >"African-American Square"?
>

> OK. The influence of this seminal work is enormous in
> today's Russia: black Mercedec-Benz SUV is called
> "Malevich" in colloquial Russian.

LOL.

BM

The Black Monk

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Jul 26, 2005, 2:03:38 PM7/26/05

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Malevich was a Ukrainian artist of Polish descent!

http://www.artukraine.com/paintings/malevich3.htm

http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/2004/150425.shtml

The guy's parents were Poles who moved from rural Ukrainian village to
village. He wrote articles in the Ukrainian language, claimed to have
been Ukrainian, claimed his art was inspired by Ukrainian peasant
imagery, was involved in Kiev's art scene, etc.

BM

The Black Monk

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Jul 26, 2005, 2:06:30 PM7/26/05

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MTRP wrote:
> OK, but where's the pic? Besides, the name Kasimir Severinovich
> Malevich sounds pretty Polish ... 8-) :-P

The guy's parents were Poles who lived among Ukrainian peasants. He
considered himself a Ukrainian (see other post)

regards,

BM

The Black Monk

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Jul 26, 2005, 2:07:58 PM7/26/05

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Malevich was a Ukrainian artist of Polish descent!

http://www.artukraine.com/paintings/malevich3.htm

http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/2004/150425.shtml

The guy's parents were Poles who moved from rural Ukrainian village to
village. He wrote articles in the Ukrainian language, claimed to have
been Ukrainian, claimed his art was inspired by Ukrainian peasant
imagery, was involved in Kiev's art scene, etc.

BM

vkar...@yahoo.com

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Jul 26, 2005, 3:38:09 PM7/26/05

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The Black Monk wrote:
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Welcome back!

>
> Malevich was a Ukrainian artist of Polish descent!
>

> The guy's parents were Poles who moved from rural Ukrainian village to
> village. He wrote articles in the Ukrainian language, claimed to have
> been Ukrainian, claimed his art was inspired by Ukrainian peasant
> imagery,
>

I shudder to ask what particular Ukrainian peasant imagery inspired his
"Black Square"... :-)