Picasso’s friend, a thief, a nazi killer, a pornographic book dealer, a government minister, anti-colonialist, award winning novelist, art theorist, discoverer of a lost ancient city, even the target of an assignation attempt. Can you believe this was the life of one person? An art theorist, Andre Malraux, who lived a life so extraordinary it seemed too incredible to be true.

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The trauma that lays beneath the modern grid is revealed. How the relationship between the study of genius and the becoming of the modern individual changes the understanding of the role of the artist in the 19th century.

Paintings of Grids are more interesting than you think. They have a hidden meaning, which reveal a trauma lurking beneath modern society.

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The ideas which lead Malevich to found the art movement Suprematism, and how a revolutionary life came to an end. Listen to the Unknowing Art Podcast on itunes and Spotify. I would be honoured if you supported the show: https://www.patreon.com/unknowingart

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What do Jedi's, Suprematist painters, occultist, and Russian researchers have in common? From Italian Futurism to Star Wars, we cover the influence of the occultist Pyotr Ouspenskii had on the painter Kazimir Malevich.

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Why did Malevich believe that art was a kind of torture? This episode takes you through the origins of an idea which changed the art world forever.