DAVID DIAO (DIAO DEQIAN, USA/CHINA, B.1943)

With reference to the 1915 suprematism manifesto by Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935), David Diao focuses on the use of colours and puts emphasis on geometric shapes such as circles, rectangular shapes and lines. Diao also plays with the title while transforming art history into a generic visual experience, and giving narrative meaning to vacant abstractness.