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Alex Markwith

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by Hannah Daly
Alex Markwith at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery July 13th, 2011 - August 5th, 2011
Posted 8/8/11

“Each form is free and individual. Each form is a world,” wrote Kazimir Malevich in his 1915 manifesto declaring Suprematism the future of painting. In that same year, Malevich went on to paint Black Square, what would become the iconic centerpiece of a brief Russian movement built upon a newfound attention to purity of form. Recent Rhode Island School of Design graduate Alex Markwith wrote his senior thesis on Malevich’s Black Square. It makes sense, when you look at Markwith’s work. He... [more]

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