It has been described as the first attempt to found the Russian avant-garde movement as an artistic entity within its own historical development.
[1] Supremus conceptualized the artist as one who has freed himself from everything that pre-decided the ideal structure of life and art.
[2] Malevich projected the Supremus vision onto Cubism, which he believed deconstructs things and completely changes the reference points of art.
[1] To support the movement, Malevich established the journal Supremus (initially titled Nul or Nothing), which received contributions from artists and philosophers.
[3] Members of the group included Aleksandra Ekster,[4] Liubov Popova, Olga Rozanova, Ivan Kliun, Ivan Puni, Nadezhda Udaltsova, Nina Genke-Meller, Ksenia Boguslavskaya and others.