This summer the Tate Modern is showing the UK’s first ever retrospective of radical Russian artist Kazimir Malevich. If you know the name, you’re most likely familiar with the influential, arguably even revolutionary work that is the “Black Square.” And even though, in the back of your mind you realize the radical undercurrents of the deceptively simple work, you still may feel the almost uncontrollable urge to blurt out: “Really, though?”
1. We don’t blame you.
2. We’re here to help. Black Square 1929