{"id":2353,"date":"2019-03-29T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T21:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2025-06-01T22:28:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T20:28:47","slug":"monochromaster-black-square-by-malevich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/monochromaster-black-square-by-malevich","title":{"rendered":"Monochromaster Black Square by Malevich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The second piece i made in the <a href=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/series\/monochromasters\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"146\">Monochromasters<\/a> series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have always strongly admired the black square for its minimalism, matter-of-factness and emotional impact and gravitas. I wanted to see what my Monochromasters concept would do with such a picture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It produced an almost perfect 50% grey square, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which is terrifying in its own way, and minimal, and funny. I also liked how the square sits in the A0 containing form. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/IMG_1872s-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/IMG_1872s-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/IMG_1872s-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Black Square as a Monochromaster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/IMG_1877-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/IMG_1877-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/IMG_1877-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>The poster laying flat on my desk <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Printed 4\/0 CMYK on A0 &#8211; 840 x 1189 mm paper 250 g\/m\u00b2 satinated MC paper. Printed on a Oc\u00e9 Colorado UV ink commercial printer. Matt laminated on printed side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Signed on the back side. Edition of 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/art\/Printmaking-Malevich-Black-Square\/84829\/6288043\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy this print on SaatchiArt<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An A0 poster of the black square, from the Monochromasters series. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"960","footnotes":""},"categories":[69,81,1],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-2353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monochromasters","category-print","category-work","tag-fill"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monochromaster Black Square by Malevich - 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