The Russian Revolutionary - Zaha Hadid

Reading in accordance to lecture: German Modern Architecture: Werkbund, Bauhaus and Expressionism.  29/10/2014

Summary conclusion of video: http://bobnational.net/youraccount/index/collectionPage/1/co llectionID/139735

 

The Russian Revolutionary Zaha Hadid on Kazimir Malevich BBC Documentary 2014

Before watching this documentary I admittedly had not seen any of Kazimir Malevich’s work and when I saw the first image in the video of one of his pieces I instantly saw them as architectural pieces. The objects could show plans, elevation, sections, the movement and circulation between spaces. Maybe this was a coincidence as I’m studying Architecture and perhaps this is how my mind has been trained but I instantly liked his pieces. They were simplistic but very representative; the Black Square in my view is a very strong piece of artwork as it represents change, newness and modernity.

I like Zaha Hadid’s futuristic, modern architectural style because her buildings stand out from the crowd and have an awing presence. I like how she was greatly influenced by Malevich’s work. Abstraction is the main similarity between their styles of work; Malevich’s supremist paintings mostly contain coloured rectangular forms placed in an abstract manner. In the documentary Zaha Hadid repreadtly mentions that she portrays his work as ‘galaxies’ and references to architectural terms. I can see Malevich’s influence in her development and presentation of her work.

In my opinion Malevich’s works make me personally thing of circulation of space and also as previously mentioned orthographics. Art is open to interpretation and in the same respect so is architecture.