Figure in the form of a cross with raised hands 

Kazimir Malevich created this drawing, "Figure in the form of a cross with raised hands," with pencil on paper. Its stark composition immediately arrests the eye, presenting a figure rigidly arranged within a confining rectangle. The figure itself is bisected, starkly divided into light and dark halves, creating an unsettling duality. Malevich's use of contrasting tones exaggerates its form, yet there is an ambiguousness and tension between abstraction and representation, inviting contemplation on the nature of form itself. The pose, cruciform with outstretched arms, hints at religious iconography, destabilizing established meanings through its stark abstraction. Its form becomes a signifier, loaded with potential yet resisting any definitive reading.