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The Knife Grinder by Kasimir Malevich
Also known as: Principle of Glittering


An extraordinary kaleidoscope of metallic colours, like multiple reflections in a broken mirror—this confusing jumble of repetitive, shimmering, geometric shapes slowly unravels to reveal a complex dynamic scene of human motion and energy. The central figure, a moustached man in a peaked cap, crouches over a pale blue, rotating, grinding wheel. His right hand grips a blue/grey knife, while his left guides the blade forward into contact with the sandstone as his legs pump the grinding wheel into action. Repeatedly overdrawn outlines impart a cinematic sense of movement, mechanical vibration and dynamic rhythm which meld into the dense abstract industrial background as man, machine and manufactory are fused into one giant system. The Knife Grinder hails the start of a new industrial age where working people will be masters of the world and Malevich uses his 20th century Cubo-Futurist interpr...