Pixelscapes and Malevich's "Black Square"
Tom Chambers



“Malevich Merge: Nature”

The premise behind "Malevich Merge: Nature" becomes one of homage a second time ... first, "My Dear Malevich" ... by utilizing photographs of nature to explore at the pixel level ... transformation into aesthetic fields of "Pixelscapes" via the merge of Malevich's "Black Square" ... to rekindle his thoughts about creation. He states, "No phenomenon is mortal, and this means not only the body but the idea as well, a symbol that one is eternally reincarnated in another form which actually exists in the conscious and unconscious person." In his book, "The Non-Objective World," Malevich described the inspiration for his "Black Square". He states, "I felt only night within me, and it was then that I conceived the new art, which I called Suprematism." "Malevich Merge: Nature" represents this reincarnation that he talks about; and the loss of color of the pixels due to the merge of the color photograph with his "Black Square" conjures up his feelings of "night within me" and their consequent creation of the new art, Suprematism.

Two examples of 30 pieces are shown below:

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