For decades the work of Lazar Khidekel has been undeservedly overlooked by galleries and museums?primarily because the Russian avant-garde movement was interrupted midstream and forced underground by the Soviet state. This elegantly designed book provides the perfect introduction to Khidekel's decades-long career and coincides with a recently renewed fascination with Suprematism and the development of 20th-century abstraction. A student of Chagall and Malevich, Khidekel was an artistic prodigy whose fascination with architecture led to his part in the founding of UNOVIS, or "Affirmers of the New Art." He later became a significant figure in the Suprematist movement, a distinctly Russian form of abstraction. The volume features the best examples from each phase of Khidekel's career, from his pre-Suprematist work and early architectural and eco-futuristic projects to his post-Suprematist paintings, works on paper, and architectural projects. AUTHOR: Regina Khidekel is President of the Lazar Khidekel Society, a group of art historians, museum specialists, and art supporters working to sustain and preserve Khidekel's legacy. An experienced art critic and an expert on Russian and Jewish 20th-century art, she is also the founder of the Russian American Cultural Center in New York. 250 colour illustrations
