Monochromes of Wladyslaw Strzeminski: The development and meaning of Unism

This thesis investigates the practice and theory of Unism, art theory developed by Polish avant- garde painter Władysław Strzemiński and his wife, sculptor and designer Katarzyna Kobro. Artists who initialy worked under the influence of Russian Constructivism and Suprematism of Kazmir Malevich, along with the creation of Unism gained...

Time is haptic: Exploring a tactile connection to forgotten histories in Utrecht’s Domplein

Current approaches of abstraction and conceptuality in the discourse of memorialisation can be useful to commemorate contemporary events, but the inherent flaws and<br/>shortcomings in the misuse of abstraction are insufficient in the quest of establishing a connection with the distant past. This thesis acts as a call for a different direction...