Not on closer inspection, for without altogether a "reference" then it is not an abstraction OF something. Mondrian's Broadway Boogie-Woogie is, after all, OF that place in New York.Walker:
Abstract art does not exist as a representation of reality.
How would you distinguish art from abstract art?
Re: How would you distinguish art from abstract art?
Re: How would you distinguish art from abstract art?
Just as a name, not as a visual representation.
Without the title you might see Pac Man Boogie Woogie.
Re: How would you distinguish art from abstract art?
I see that more as the nexus between abstract art and design.
Abstraction of a subject is often done to more faithfully represent reality, to capture nuances and hidden truth not revealed by realism.
Re: How would you distinguish art from abstract art?
Walker
Then, you could say the same about the "name" New York itself, that it fails to truly designate.odysseus wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:08 pm
Walker:
Abstract art does not exist as a representation of reality.
Not on closer inspection, for without altogether a "reference" then it is not an abstraction OF something. Mondrian's Broadway Boogie-Woogie is, after all, OF that place in New York.
Just as a name, not as a visual representation.
Without the title you might see Pac Man Boogie Woogie.
Re: How would you distinguish art from abstract art?
That's why it's an entity unto itself.