Suprematist composition

In the first half of the 1910s, a series of artistic developments took place in Russia, leading to the exploration of new forms of artistic expression. Within this context, Kazimir Malevich formulated his theory regarding the absolute separation of the object from its content and the emergence of shape and colour as autonomous entities, with the aim of redefining art as pure inspiration, known as "Suprematism". The term is derived from the Latin root "suprem" (supremacy, dominance), and, according to Malevich, it signifies the dominance of colour over all other technical aspects of painting. In 1916, Malevich founded the "Supremus" group, which included many artists such as Ivan Kliun, Liubov Popova, Nadezhda Udaltsova, Olga Rozanova, and others. The artwork "Black Square" (1915), first presented at the exhibition "The Last Futurist Exhibition of Paintings 0.10" in Petrograd in 1915, was the quintessential expression of the complete elimination of content and was characterized as the emblem of Suprematism. It comprised a series of compositions where geometric forms appear to float on the white canvas, creating a space where time and space are undefined or non-existent. Malevich referred to these artworks as "Color Masses in the Fourth Dimension".