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Monochrome is the first major exhibition to explore the history of painting in black and white from the 12th to the 21st centuries. It takes a radical new look at what happens when artists cast aside the colour spectrum and identifies watershed moments in the history of the genre.
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Time Out, Evening Standard, The Observer. Why have artists...
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In the twentieth century, with the rise of abstract art many artists experimented with making monochrome paintings including Anish Kapoor, Ad Reinhardt, Robert Ryman and Robert Rauschenberg.
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- Kazimir Malevich. Fascinated with speed and its corresponding technology like airplanes and cars, Kiev-born artist Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) joined composer Mikhail Matyushin, and writer Alexei Kruchenykh in 1913 to create a manifesto for the First Futurist Congress.
- Josef Albers. German-American artist Josef Albers (1888-1976) is thought of as one of the foremost leaders in monochrome and colour theory. After studying art at the famous Bauhaus school of art, design, and architecture; he became a professor there.
- Ad Reinhardt. Adolph Frederick Reinhardt, most commonly known as Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967) was an abstract painter active in the New York arts scene from the 1930s to 1960s.
- Frank Stella. “What you see is what you see” Frank Stella (1936- ) famously explained in a 1964 radio interview about his Black Paintings series when he was only in his late 20s.
- Instigators of The Movement: The Impressionism of Monet and Whistler
- Theory of The First Monochrome: Kazimir Malevich
- Discovery of Earlier Monochromes: The Incoherents
- Master of Monochromes: Yves Klein
For a long time, in the History of Art, monochrome was used as a qualifier for different types of shades or grisailles. However, it's only very recently, at the beginning of the 20th century, that this term became a real artistic genre in its own way, just like landscape paintings, still lifes or surrealist ready-mades. As you can imagine, the idea...
Until very recently, art historians considered the Russian artist Kazimir Malevich to be the first creator of a true monochrome. With his Black Square, created in 1915, Malevich was at the forefront of the genre. However, his precursory role is finally to be relativized, in view of the (very) recent discoveries, which we will see in the 3rd part of...
As we have said, art historians have long considered Malevich the first creator of a true abstract monochrome. That was without counting an unprecedented discovery that took place in 2018 in France. In a trunk abandoned at the bottom of an attic, a Parisian auctioneer discovered a unique set, considered lost: 17 artworks from the Incoherents moveme...
How to describe history of monochromes without mentioning the legend of Yves Klein? He's obviously not the first artist to experiment with the possibilities of monochrome, but he' s the one who truly revolutionized the genre. His approach to monochrome was very spiritual, esoteric: for him, figurative art was terrestrial, it represented what the co...
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Nov 1, 2017 · Consider it a kind of superpower that artists have, apparently, been wise to for centuries. “Monochrome: Painting in Black and White” is on at the National Gallery in London until Feb. 18 ...
Jan 9, 2019 · The monochrome has been an important form of painting since 1915 when Kazimir Malevich painted Black Square, recognised as the first monochrome in art history.
Apr 3, 2018 · During the Italian Renaissance, in a showdown of skill between sculptors and painters, painters began working in monochrome to demonstrate their mastery of light and shadow.
