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Kasimir Malevich and the Russian Avant Garde with Sabry Amroussi

Kasimir Malevich and the Russian Avant Garde with Sabry Amroussi


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Join art historian Sabry Amroussi on an exciting journey to the Russia of the beginning of the previous century, where a group of groundbreaking artists, influenced by western European art, sought new ways of expression and abstraction. 

The central figure of this group was the Polish-Ukrainian artist Kasimir Malevich, who changed the course of modern art. Drawing extensively from the world-famous collection of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Sabry Amroussi (who has worked with this collection) will tell the astonishing voyage of Kazimir Malevich from figurative artist to complete abstraction and back again. 

Sabry Amroussi is an art historian and writer living and working in Amsterdam. He specializes in the art of the Dutch Golden Age, mainly in the works of Rembrandt and his school, and has a keen interest in the Jewish history of Amsterdam. He lectures and teaches on both subjects and gives art historical tours all across Europe. As a true omnivore when it comes to art, culture, and even cuisine, he has worked with and for major museums and collectors, such as the LACMA, Rijksmuseum, van Gogh Museum and the P de Boer collection in Amsterdam. As a guide for Context, he is eager to share this knowledge in real life, always with a big scoop of humor, ofter intermingling art with social life, cuisine, and history.

This conversation is suitable for all ages.

90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.

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M.L. (Ramat Gan, IL)
Kasimir Malevitch

Sabry Amroussi was brilliant, as usual. No one is better at instilling a seminar with emotion and enthusiasm as Sabry, even when the subject is very far from his special field.

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P.R. (Québec, CA)
Zero-ten

Art appears and disappears. Solute and dissolute. Painting a village is like painting a square? A black square and a red dot are infinite? Welcome to Malevich!

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A. (Santa Monica, US)
Excellent presentation

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C.L. (New York, US)

Excellent talk. I learned an amazing amount about an artist that was familiar to me from a past visit to St. Petersburg and visits to MOMA

Customer Reviews

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M.L. (Ramat Gan, IL)
Kasimir Malevitch

Sabry Amroussi was brilliant, as usual. No one is better at instilling a seminar with emotion and enthusiasm as Sabry, even when the subject is very far from his special field.

P
P.R. (Québec, CA)
Zero-ten

Art appears and disappears. Solute and dissolute. Painting a village is like painting a square? A black square and a red dot are infinite? Welcome to Malevich!

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A. (Santa Monica, US)
Excellent presentation

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C.L. (New York, US)

Excellent talk. I learned an amazing amount about an artist that was familiar to me from a past visit to St. Petersburg and visits to MOMA