Suprematist Composition: White On White By Kasimir Malevich

The painting “Suprematist Composition: White on White” was painted in 1918 by Kasimir Malevich and is worth several million dollars. It is, at first glance, a simple painting which depicts a tilted, cool white square on a slightly warmer white background. Because of it’s apparent simplicity the painting inspired me to think in a way that I normally wouldn’t. My first thought upon seeing this painting was “what exactly is so interesting about a white square and who would pay to own such a painting?” however, next thing I knew I had spent five minutes staring at the painting, just thinking about it, and realized that this was the exact reason the painting was interesting. It struck me that perhaps the painting’s simplicity was what made it