Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 May 1935

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

The piece began when I took my clothes off, jeans and a t-shirt, and lay on my floor on my back. A friend hammered a star-shaped stud into my sternum. I then sat in a chair and had all my hair cut off. Finally, I dressed in some FBI clothes I had bought for the piece.
(3 October 1971)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 15th of May 1935 91 years, 9 months and 10 days ago
Abstract art pioneer Kazimir Severinovich Malevich dies of cancer at the age of 56 in Leningrad, Northwestern Federal District, Russia. On his deathbed Malevich was exhibited with the black square above him, and mourners at his funeral rally were permitted to wave a banner bearing a black square.