Rafał Idczak

Exhibition Description: Neo-suprema is a movement in the visual arts that formally alludes to suprematism. The form and composition refer to the works of artists such as Kazimir Malevich, one of the creators of suprematism, which is the very seed of modern art. Furthermore, suprematist art itself is the first type of art completely unrelated to nature. Since the dawn of time, the visual arts have tried to some extent to reproduce nature; however, as Malevich himself said, suprematism is a departure from this nature, a kind of liberation of the visual arts from the natural forms that haunt us. The now-famous compositions with a square, which still arouse considerable controversy today, could, as the painter himself claims, only have arisen in the human mind; geometric shapes and artificial forms are the sole domain of humans, created by the human mind, not by nature.I decided to combine this modern painting movement with the photography of human forms because, in doing so, I refer to the artist's own concept of the purely human element. Yes, the body is created by nature, but this is a response to that "purely human" element in the suprematist world. I have the pleasure of combining the pure figurativism of suprematism with formalism. I am aware that this is not a very straightforward path, as both movements are a kind of oxymoron, yet art sometimes needs a new combination of forms. Has everything already been said in art? Possibly so, but not everything has been combined with everything else, at least not in a good way.Does neo-suprema have a right to exist in the visual arts? Does it make sense, especially in photography? My work is intended to be a kind of instigator of a new movement, and at the same time, it is meant to help the viewer answer the question posed earlier.