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1878
1897
190f_1O
1911
19H
1918
1919_12
1922_27
1926
1927
1927_29
19H
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usc: Or I''''l)(.<\c to an .nd it ,,~s his
belief th:u arti,,,, ,hould be ,piritU:lII)'
ind<l,,,,,d""t in ,,,,Ier n, erc;tc~. Sttning with
simple d", ... ings, h" gI',."erric "lU:l"', CmS<
and rccHngle WC", intcndcd to show the
'sup,cm'<)' of ~",,,s·. M aJe,'ich initiatcd
SUI"",,,.,i,m in 191 J with his,;c", and ""tum'"
f,,, the Futurist '1>< ... a Fi,,",), ",-.,-til. Sun, ~"
which One of the h""kclot hs '''"is a hl.do .nd
white "lU:lre. lie 6n.Dr exhihit,,1 the i"",ic
Bmd: Sq"""., the '0.10' ,how in Petrog",d in
- Three }'urS I.,cr, he produccd his
f'mous Whir. on Whir., 1<iding • m},,,ic
'nnoun""m""" '] h"" cmergI'd into white.
Beside me, conlrlde pilo", ... swim! Tbe f",e
... hite Sc;, infinity, lie< hefore }'uu.
This StatCment 'nticip"ed Minim.lism by
6ft)" )" .rS.
P''''t.re",lution, the }'oung S",;et Union
,;cemcd fertile ground Ii" .niSls, .nd
SUI''''m .. i'm became the Slrle Ii" e,c'l~hing
frum 61m l'0stcrS to """mi", .nd tcxtilcs.
,\tob'ich,. man ()fgr<~t ch.n" and. brilli""t