Abstract
Abstract art is art that does not represent an accurate depiction of visual reality, communicating instead through lines, shapes, colors, forms and gestural marks. Abstract artists use a variety of techniques to create their work, mixing traditional means with more experimental ideas.
Abstract (Latin) meaning “pulled away”, detached, and the basic idea of something detached from physical, or concrete, reality. It is frequently used of ideas, meaning that they don’t have a clear applicability to real life, meaning that it doesn’t pictorially represent reality.
Rather that focusing on the truthful depiction or realistic imitation of an object, abstract art looks at other non-objective artistic elements of shape, form, color and line. Artists to explore ideas beyond the canvas and our physical reality have used abstract techniques.
