Monday, 22 September 2014

Isn't abstract art a type of art that shows quality?

Isn't abstract art a type of art that shows quality?
No, abstraction is not about good or bad quality - it is about the subject. If a picture reprsents identifiable things or persons etc it is figurative, even if the figures are distorted. Abstract, or non-figurative art depicts nothing. It may be good quality (Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko) or bad (a monkey with a paint-box).

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