Kazimir Malevich: Geometric Compositions

• Students learned about Russian artist Kazimir Malevich and his art movement known as Suprematism. Malevich believed beauty could be expressed purely through shape and color without having to imitate nature or life. His works use primarily geometric shapes.
• The shapes used in this project were manufactured byt he students ahead of time. They had cut paper and then sort the shapes based their properties. FOr example, there was a bin for rectangles but not for squares, forcing students to see how squares and rectangles belong to the same category of 4-sided shape.
• We tried to avoid placing shapes randomly and tried to slow down our decision-making by thinking deliberately about ideas like balance, contrast, rhythm, and density. Students tried multiple configurations before settling on the one they felt had the best impact.