Form -vs- Content

Black Circle by Kazimir Malevich. The form of Black Circle is oil on 105.5 x 105.5 cm canvas.  This painting was done after the Black Square and the Black Cross to complete the Black series.  The content of the work as described by the artist is "new icons , holy images for the new aesthetics of abstract art."  He wanted to show a break from the traditional form of art by using geometrical objects on a white background. This broke from the iconographic reference.   For Malevich, Suprematism was concerned purely with feeling, and not logical understanding.ArtStory.Org