Four Aces Simultaneous Composition by Olga Rozanova (1916) — Poster

Playing cards dissolve into pure geometry. Olga Rozanova’s *Four Aces Simultaneous Composition* reimagines a deck of cards as fractured planes and intersecting angles. The familiar symbols of spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs are there, but they’re broken apart, reassembled into something new. Shards of red, black, and white float across the canvas. The composition feels both chaotic and deliberate, like a card game frozen mid-shuffle. Sharp lines cut through soft curves, and negative space plays as crucial a role as the forms themselves. It’s a puzzle waiting to be solved, or perhaps a game you’re not meant to win. This poster demands attention in a study or office. It’s for those who see patterns where others see only chance.