Ilya Chashnik was a student of Kazimir Malevich, who lived only to the age of 26. But in this short life, he managed to become not just a follower, but one of the most compelling artists of the Russian avant-garde. Chashnik was interested in more than just geometry. He was interested in movement. He wrote: «Dynamism, dynamism, and a thousand times dynamism”—and this is what becomes the key to his art. Look at his Suprematism from 1922–1923. At first glance, we see simple geometric shapes. But they appear to collide, intersect, and move through space. The painting ceases to be a depiction of something—it becomes an independent world. But the most amazing thing is that he was not limited to the canvas. Chashnik transferred this language to porcelain, graphics, design, and architectural projects.
3D Object Exercise
Using SketchUp, three-dimensional models were created based on Ilya Chasnik’s painting, «Suprematist Composition,» from 1923–1924.
