The Misunderstanding Of Abstract Art By Chinyerenwa Ocan
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bstract, non-representational, and non-objective are art terms used interchangeably. They are closely related but may not mean the same. In the depiction of imagery in art, abstraction denotes a distortion and deviation from reality. Abstraction is a method of altering a subject’s appearance in a way that differs from how it appears in reality.
Visionaries who open up hidden doors are the best way to describe abstract artists. Abstraction involves expertise not in the medium’s application but in the artist’s vision and how they interact with their environments and works. Since many people do not understand this vision, it has been dubbed “the most misunderstood form of art.”
ArtDiction | 46 | March/April 2021
