between the artist and the public. Rayonist paintings thus focused on the rays reflecting from the objects, and how the rays moved. They derived the name from the use of dynamic rays of contrasting color, representing lines of reflected light -- "crossing of reflected rays from various objects".

At the famous 1913 Target exhibition, they introduced the style to the public. In their literature they described Rayonism as "naturally encompassing all existing styles and forms of the art of the past, as they, like life, are simply points of