Idea: Suprematism

"Two basic types of creation can be distinguished: one, initiates but the conscious mind, serves practical life, so-called, and deals with concrete visual mind, stands apart from all 'practical utility' and treats abstrat visual phenomena. We find the concrete element in the sciences and religion - the abstract art."
-Kazimir Malevich from his book The Non-objective World, page 11.



"Our conception of reality is likewise changeable and depends upon the interplay of those elements of reality which, as they make their appearance, are subject to one kind of distortion or another in the mirror of our consciousness (our brain), since out ideas and conceptions of matter are always distorted images having not the slightest relation to reality.
Matter itself is eternal and immutable; its insensibility to life - it's lifelessness - is unshakeable. The changing element of our consciousness and feeling, in the last analysis, is illusion, which springs from the interplay of distorting reflections of variable, derivative manifestations of reality and which has nothing whatsoever to do with actual matter or even with an alteration in it."
-Kazimir Malevich form him book The Non-objective World, page 18


Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich. The Non-objective World: the Manifesto of Suprematism. Mineola, NY: Dover   Publications, 2003. Print.
This is Kazimir Malevich book on his ideas about the art movement he created. It explains that emotion is the most important factor for making Suprematist art above all other artistic considerations. 


Gray, Camilla. The Russian Experiment in Art: 1863-1922. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1962. Print.
This book covers Russian art and artists from 1863 to 1922, focusing on major movements. This would be good to read in order to understand what came before and after this movement that lead up to the formation of Suprematism and how it impacted art that came after it. 


The more research I do, the more pictures I take, and the more self analysis I do, I realize that I am very much attracted to minimal design. Being a student, it's important to not tie yourself to labels in order to maintain growth. Trying not to group myself into a particular style has caused me to overlook the fact that my work does have similarities in style throughout my production. When thinking about minimalism, Suprematism came to mind because of it's almost uber-minimal structure. I have never tried making work inside the perimeters of Suprematism, but it could be a good challenge for myself as practice. I am attracted to clean lines, organized forms, and simple but thoughtfully considered ideas. By studying Suprematism, and minimalism in general, I could better refine my practice. 

Malevich, Eight Rectangles