Suprematism. Abstract art based on feelings.

Suprematism is an early 20th-century art movement focused on the fundamentals of geometry (circles, squares, rectangles), painted in a limited range of colors. The term suprematism refers to an abstract art style based upon "the supremacy of pure artistic feeling" rather than on the figurative depiction of real-life subjects.

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🟥 Suprematist Instructions for the Apprentice of Pure Form

🟦 1. Clear your mind. Begin with it as an Empty Field

You arrive at a white plain so vast it seems to reverberate.

Mentors cloaked in angles greet you.

“Before you can shape,” they say,

“you must unlearn the world.

Forget trees, faces, mountains, and all the things that cast shadows.

Suprematism begins where objects end.”

They hand you nothing.

This is your first tool.

⬛ 2. Instructions to Summon the First Shape

1. Stand in the center of the white field.

2. Close your eyes until the world dissolves.

3. When only sensation remains, call forth a single form - it can be a square, a circle, or a line.

~~~~The shape appears before you, hovering.

It is not a symbol of anything.

It simply is.

“Good,” the mentor says.

“You have created without reference.

This is the first law.”

🟨 3. Learn the Weight of Color

The mentor gestures, and colors drift toward you like weather.

“You must understand their gravity”.

• Red is velocity.

• Black is certainty.

• White is infinity.

• Blue is distance.

• Yellow is awakening.

You must touch each one.

They will vibrate differently in your palm.

“Color is not decoration. It is force.”

🟧 4. Arrange With the absence of Story

You will be given a set of shapes -

A black square, a red rectangle, a blue circle, a yellow line.

“Now, Place them”. The mentor gestures.

You hesitate.

Should the square represent stability?

Should the circle symbolize unity?

“No,” the mentor interrupts your thoughts.

“Do not burden them with meaning.

Let them exist in relation, not narrative.”

You arrange them by tension, by balance, by instinct.

The composition feels like a quiet engine.

Each shape stands alone in pure form, arranged with clarity and geometric tension

“You are learning,” the mentor is pleased.

🟩 5. Now Tilt Toward the Future

The mentor draws a diagonal slash across the sky.

“This is the Suprematist gesture,” they explain.

“The diagonal is movement, the refusal to remain earthbound.”

Now practice:

• Rotate the square until it becomes a diamond.

• Let the rectangle lean as if caught mid-flight.

• Allow the line to cut across the field like an escaping thought.

The world around you begins to tilt with them.

Your Suprematist-inspired image is ready. The rotated diamond, the leaning rectangle, and the slicing line now tilt the world into pure sensation.

⚪ 6. Enter the Zero Degree

At last. The mentor will lead you to a floating white square.

“This is the Zero Degree of form”.

“The moment where painting becomes pure feeling.”

Step inside.

There is no up, no down, no object, no story -

only sensation, rhythm, and the quiet pulse of geometry.

You understand now:

Suprematism is not about shapes.

It is about liberation.

🔺 7. Now Leave the Field - Carrying Nothing

When you emerge, the mentor is gone.

The white plain dissolves.

You return to your world -

but now you will see it differently.

Every window is a rectangle of potential.

Every street is a line waiting to be tilted.

Every color carries weight.

You carry no objects, no symbols -

only the knowledge that form itself can be enough.

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Now let’s walk through its inner logic- the why behind the shapes- so you can read it the way a Suprematist would, not as a picture but as a field of forces.

🔶 Read the Composition as Pure Feeling

🟥 1. The Red Square - The First Pulse of Energy

The red square anchors the composition, but not as an object.

It behaves like a concentrated burst of velocity, a presence that refuses symbolism.

Its slight off‑center placement creates tension, as if it’s leaning toward motion.

⬛ 2. The Black Rectangle - Direction Without Destination

The long black bar cuts diagonally across the space.

In Suprematism, the diagonal is the most radical gesture:

it breaks gravity, tradition, and the horizontal calm of the earth.

This bar acts like a vector, a directional force rather than a thing.

🔵 3. The Blue Circle - A Counterweight of Stillness

Circles in Suprematism often feel like planets or pulses of pure sensation.

Here, the blue circle sits low and to the right, creating a gravitational pull.

Its cool tone balances the heat of the red square, forming a quiet orbit.

🟨 4. The Yellow Line - A Slash of Awakening

Yellow is the color of alertness, of sudden clarity.

The thin diagonal line slices through the red square and intersects the black bar.

It acts like a signal, a moment of illumination that disrupts the larger shapes.

⚪ 5. The Off‑White Field - Infinite Space

Suprematism treats the background not as emptiness but as limitless potential.

The off‑white field is the sky of pure feeling -

the place where shapes float free of narrative, symbolism, or representation.

🧭 How the Elements Interact

• The red square and blue circle form a dynamic push-pull.

• The black rectangle introduces motion, slicing the space into directional currents.

• The yellow line acts like a spark, activating the entire field.

• The background holds everything in suspension, creating a sense of weightlessness.

The result is a composition that feels like a constellation of forces, not a scene.

This is the essence of Suprematism:

Art freed from the burden of depicting the world, existing only as pure sensation.

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