1. Suprematism and Constructivism
... Constructions of 1920 and Painterly Force Constructions of 1921. Painterly Architectonics showed Popova's interest in the presentation of surface planes with an energy of inner tension, as the colored masses, lines and volumes all interrelate to create a formal unity. Initially they took the form of fairly static compositions comprising overlapping planar forms, but very soon they acquired a startling dynamism as ... The term Constructivism has frequently been used since the 1920s, in a looser fashion, to evoke a continuing tradition of geometric abstract art that is constructed from auto...
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