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.
To view Abstract Art : http://www.hiltonedwards.com
Comments
can abstract art have a recognizable subject, but in an abstract way?? Picasso? Cubism??
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In the very early 20th century, the term was more often used to describe art, such as Cubist and Futurist art, that depicts real forms in a simplified or rather reduced way—keeping only an allusion of the original natural subject. Such paintings were often claimed to capture something of the depicted objects' immutable intrinsic qualities rather than its external appearance. The more precise terms, "non-figurative art," "non-objective art," and "non-representational art" avoid any possible ambiguity.
Source : From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Interesting points on Abstract Art. So what is art which has some semblance of realism but distorts and exaggerates etc.? I am still a fan.
Liz McQueen