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Exercise: Malevich’s Boxes

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Kazimir Malevich, Black Square Paintings

‘In the year 1913, trying desperately to free art from the dead weight of the real world, I took refuge in the form of the square.’

—The Non-Objective World, 1927, Kazimir Malevich

Instructions

After remixing this code, I'd like you to create 4 compositions of any sized square/s with the following amount of boxes in each:

    • 1 box
    • 2 boxes
    • 3 boxes
    • 4 boxes

Feel free to experiment with color, scale, and gradient. Use the following position values at least once:

    • Static
    • Relative 
    • Fixed
    • Absolute

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