Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) - On Abstract Art

"The more frightening the world becomes ... the more art becomes abstract."

"Colour is the key. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano with its many chords. The artist is the hand that, by touching this or that key, sets the soul vibrating automatically."

"Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colors, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential."

"The true work of art is born from the 'artist': a mysterious, enigmatic, and mystical creation. It detaches itself from him, it acquires an autonomous life, becomes a personality, an independent subject, animated with a spiritual breath, the living subject of a real existence of being."

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Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) - 0n Abstract Art :

"Every good artist paints what he is."

(A canvas is) "an arena in which to act."

"Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you.”

"The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating."

"Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within."

"It [abstract art] should be enjoyed just as music is enjoyed – after a while you may like it or you may not."

"The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art."

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Types of Abstract Art

The two major types of abstract art :

Action Painting
Action painting strives to show paint texture and the movement of the artists. Jackson Pollock is an example of an Action Painter. He dripped and poured his paint to create his work.

Color Field Painting
A Color Field Painter is a painter who is concerned with just color and shape. Mark Rothko is one of the best examples of this kind of painter and shows this by his rectangles and the variety of color that he uses in his paintings.

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What is Abstract Art ?

ABSTRACT ART is :

- one without a recognisable subject.

- one which doesn't relate to anything external or try to "look like" something.

Instead - colour and form (and often the materials and support) are the subject of the abstract painting.

It's completely :
NON-OBJECTIVE
NON-REPRESENTATIONAL.

Source : http://www.about.com – part of an article by Marion Boddy-Evans. A South African artist, writer, and photographer.

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