Suprematism

Mediums: oil, canvas.
Location: The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (Russia).

Most often, Ilya Chashnik chose black as the background color, on which he placed elements of the other always few and mostly muted colors. In this composition, the figure of a cross dynamically moving due to a perspective expansion in the form of a searchlight beam is located on a deep black background. If it were not for the lower thin horizontal lines, it could easily have been mistaken for a triangular blade. The blurred spot of bright bluish light in the crosshairs, a rather rare method in the artist’s painting, is effective due to its many-valued symbolism.