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Rodchenko Black on Black composition 1918
From the Tate Rodchenko and Popova exhibition. Rodchenko was painting Black on Black paintings at the same time as Malevich was painting his series.
I'll quote from Camilla Gray.
"Rodchenko's work shows a vacillating attraction to first Malevich's then Tatlin's ideas. From Malevich he derived the dynamic axis which characterizes his work throughout, and his use of pure geometric forms first in two-dimensional constructions and later in three-dimensional constructions and mobiles of 1920. From Tatlin, Rodchenko gained an interest in materials which is reflected in his works of 1916-17 with their play with surface textures, at first artificially mutated, and then in real materials. From a combination of these two influences Rodchenko evolved the system of Constructivist design in which he was a pioneer."
Rodchenko Black on Black composition 1918
From the Tate Rodchenko and Popova exhibition. Rodchenko was painting Black on Black paintings at the same time as Malevich was painting his series.
I'll quote from Camilla Gray.
"Rodchenko's work shows a vacillating attraction to first Malevich's then Tatlin's ideas. From Malevich he derived the dynamic axis which characterizes his work throughout, and his use of pure geometric forms first in two-dimensional constructions and later in three-dimensional constructions and mobiles of 1920. From Tatlin, Rodchenko gained an interest in materials which is reflected in his works of 1916-17 with their play with surface textures, at first artificially mutated, and then in real materials. From a combination of these two influences Rodchenko evolved the system of Constructivist design in which he was a pioneer."