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Art
Danto, Arthur C. | November 23, 1985 issue

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The article presents information on art. The famous "Black Square," shown by artist Kasimir Malevich in a turbulent exhibition in St. Petersburg in 1915, carries another meaning. That simple shape was dense with the intended erasure of the whole of Western art. It went beyond representation, since it was in fact a square, not the representation of one. It went beyond illusion, since it was not in pictorial space but coextensive with the canvas. It was hung across a corner rather than conventionally on a wall, declaring a whole new concept of exhibition.

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ART; EXHIBITIONS; MALEVICH, Kazimir Severinovich, 1878-1935; ARTISTS; ILLUSION (Philosophy); CANVAS
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