The Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the Ivan Klyun Foundation present an exhibition devoted to one of the key artists of the Russian avant-garde, Ivan Klyun

Ivan Klyun (1873–1943) was a associate of Malevich, the author of the first kinetic constructions in Russian art, and a theorist of colour and form. His work is regarded as important testimony to the evolution of artistic thinking in the first half of the twentieth century.

The exhibition includes more than 300 works from the family collection, preserved by the artist's granddaughter Svetlana Soloveichik. For the first time the public can see both Klyun's well-known Suprematist compositions and theoretical writings, and his landscapes, portraits and genre scenes.

The exhibition reveals two sides of the master's work, the avant-garde and the realist, united by a single theme: the study of colour and form. The project is complemented by archival documents, rare photographs and drawings by the artist's son, the architect Georgy Klyunkov.

The exhibition will run until 16 September.