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Genke-Meller
Special Edition SupremePunk. This punk is created in memory of the 128th birthday of great suprematist Nina Henke-Meller. It was inspired by her artworks and CryptoPunk #1980. Nina Genke-Meller was a member of the Supremus association of artists, which was headed by the founder of Suprematism, Kazimir Malevich. There she worked with prominent artists and attracted them to go to poor villages, where they educated peasants and their children about painting, art theory, and taught them to draw. At the same time, she began to form her unique handwriting: large and simple shapes, clustered on the canvas. Nina was the first of the Suprematists to start experimenting with fabric. Many of her works were made as connected pieces of fabric. This expanded the possibilities and boundaries of Suprematism — since it was based on the predominance of color over everything else, the use of different materials was a new tool for artists.
Nina Genke-Meller (1893–1954) — a famous Russian-Ukranian avant-garde artist, who stood at the origins of Suprematism.
The elements in the background are made up of strongly contrasting colours, reflecting the colorfulness of Genke's arts and how flamboyant an artist she was. The dark tones (blue and black) cover these figures and they dominate this work, but they also create intrigue - you just have to strain to see it. Purity of soul, brightness, and beauty are all present in Genke's work itself and in her style. The tones are muted on purpose because she lived in the shadow of her husband and was less known than he was. Genke-Meller gave up on her suprematist work quite early in order to support her husband's theatre projects and began working both in the theatre and the Administration of Architecture, where she also continued on trying to apply suprematist style, but no longer on canvas or fabrics, but in the details of buildings. Her knowledge of fabrics and her ability to work with them came in handy in the theatre — she was the chief set and costume designer. Nina died in 1956, poor and totally forgotten.
K. Malevich — Suprematist Composition, 1915
It is important to note that this is the only SupremePunk which is done on a different material - fabric. It symbolizes her daring and versatility as an artist Genke-Meller was. She herself embroidered supremacist works on fabric, sewed costumes and sets. The Punk's eyes are purely black

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