ABSTRACTIONISM
AQUINO DE GUZMAN
MARQUEZ ORTIZ
RED VALDES
WHAT IS
ABSTRACTIONISM?
ABSTRACTIONISM
deals with the practice of abstract art
presentation of thoughts and ideas in a
nonfigurative manner.
from the word “abstract”, meaning
separation or withdrawal of something
from something else
ABSTRACTIONISM
the term 'abstract art' - also called "non-
objective art", "non-figurative", "non-
representational", "geometric abstraction", or
"concrete art"
is a rather vague umbrella term for any
painting or sculpture which does not portray
recognizable objects or scenes.
art that does not depict objects in the natural
world, but instead uses color and form in a
non-representational way.
WHAT IS
ABSTRACT ART?
A BSTRACT A RT
also called non-objective art
does not represent a person, place, or
thing in the natural world
no accurate depiction of visual reality
A BSTRACT A RT
subject
is based on the lines, strokes,
shapes, forms, of the work
may be based on a subject or may
have no source at all in the external
world
THEORIES BEHIND
ABSTRACT ART
For art’s sake
it means that the essence of art is purely
about creation of beautiful effects
Art should be like music
since music has patterns of sound, art
should also be created by patterns of
shape, line, form and color
Geometry is beauty
based on Plato’s idea which states that
the highest form of beauty is not based on
the forms presented in the real world but
in geometry or the play of lines, textures,
and shapes.
DEVELOPMENT OF
ABSTRACT ART
EXPRESSIONISM
(EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY)
artworks made use of highly intense
color and non-naturalistic brushwork
artists
during this time often based their
work on their inner emotions
COSSACKS BY WASSILY KANDINSKY
CUBISM (1907/8)
artists
draw inspiration from a realistic
subject (often objects/figures) then
break its elements down into planes
BOTTLE OF RUM AND NEWSPAPER BY JUAN GRIS
>SUPREMATISM (1913)
introduced by Kazimir Malevich in order
to “free art from the real world”.
characterized by range of forms often
produced in intense or rather bright
colors floating against a usually white
background
DYNAMIC SUPREMATISM BY KAZIMIR MALEVICH
CONSTRUCTIVISM (C. 1917)
developed by Russian avant-garde
constructivists
base their works on three-
dimensional abstract still life figures
made from scrap materials
CONSTRUCTION THROUGH A PLANE BY NAUM
GABO
DE STIJL/ NEO-PLASTICISM (C. 1919)
a Dutch design and aesthetics journal
and avant-garde art movement which
aims to create artworks in their ‘purest’
state
characterized by the use of only primary
colors and non-colors in the form of
squares, rectangles, vertical and
horizontal lines
COUNTER-COMPOSITION VI BY THEO VAN
DOESBURG
AUTOMATISM (C. 1920)
based on Sigmund Freud’s idea of free
association (desire to reveal the
unconscious mind)
free way of creating art
"PAINTING" BY JOAN MIRÓ
ACTION PAINTING (1940-1950)
influenced by automatism
Pollock made this through producing
gestural, improvised ‘drip paintings’ by
placing his canvas on the ground and
pouring paint onto it from the can or
trailing it from the brush or a stick
YELLOW ISLANDS BY JACKSON POLLOCK
COLOUR FIELD PAINTING (1940-
1950)
aimedto produce a meditational
response from the viewer
made out of large soft-edged areas of
colour with no obvious focus of
attention
RED ON MAROON BY MARK ROTHKO
POST-PAINTERLY ABSTRACTION
(1950S)
thoroughly focused on the basic
elements of painting: form, colour,
texture, scale, composition
rejected any reference to the external
world
ALPHA PHI BY MORRIS LOUIS
COLOUR FIELD PAINTING (1960S)
counterto the more gestural forms of
abstract expressionism
reinforced the flatness of an image
usedonly monochromatic fields of
clean-edged color
HYENA STOMP BY FRANK STELLA
OP ART (1960S)
reinforced the flatness of an image
usedonly monochromatic fields of
clean-edged color
made the eye see colours and shapes
that were not actually there
BANYA BY VICTOR VASARELY
TYPES OF ABSTRACT
ART
CURVILINEAR ABSTRACT
ART
This
type of curvilinear abstraction is
strongly associated with Celtic Art,
which employed a range of abstract
motifs including knots (eight basic
types), interlace patterns, and spirals
(including the triskele, or the triskelion).
STRING QUARTET BY ALTON S. TOBEY
COLOUR-RELATED OR LIGHT-RELATED
ABSTRACT ART
Thistype is exemplified in works by Turner
and Monet, that use color (or light) in
such a way as to detach the work of art
from reality, as the object dissolves in a
swirl of pigment.
THE TALISMAN BY PAUL SERUSIER
GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION
An early rudimentary form was Cubism,
specifically analytical Cubism
Geometric Abstraction is also known as
Concrete Art and Non-Objective Art. As you
might expect, it is characterized by non-
naturalistic imagery, typically geometrical
shapes such as circles, squares, triangles,
rectangles, and so forth. In a sense - by
containing absolutely no reference to, or
association with, the natural world - it is the
purest form of abstraction.
BROADWAY BOOGIE-WOOGIE BY PIET MONDRIAN
EMOTIONAL OR INTUITIONAL ABSTRACT
ART
This type of intuitional art embraces a mix of
styles, whose common theme is a naturalistic
tendency. This naturalism is visible in the type of
shapes and colors employed. Unlike Geometric
Abstraction, which is almost anti-nature,
intuitional abstraction often evokes nature, but
in less representational ways. Two important
sources for this type of abstract art are:
Organic Abstraction (also called Biomorphic
abstraction) and Surrealism.
WOMAN (1934, PRIVATE COLLECTION) BY JOAN
MIRO
GESTURAL ABSTRACT ART
This is a form of abstract expressionism, where
the process of making the painting becomes
more important than usual. Paint may be
applied in unusual ways, brushwork is often
very loose, and rapid.
Action painting is a style of painting in which
paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or
smeared onto the canvas, rather than being
carefully applied with a brush. The resulting
work often emphasizes the physical act of
painting itself as an essential aspect of the
finished work.
action paintings known collectively as the “Drip
Period”.
AFTER ALL BY GEORGE HOFMANN
MINIMALIST ABSTRACT ART
This type of abstraction was a back-to-basics sort
of avant-garde art, stripped of all external
references and associations. It is what you see -
nothing else.
BLACK SQUARE BY KAZIMIR MALEVICH
UNTITLED (FIRST ABSTRACT WATERCOLOR )
WASSILY KADINKSKY
Composition iv
Wassily kadinksky
4 DARKS IN RED
MARK ROTHKO
WOMEN I
WILLIAM DE KOONING
FREDERICK AGUSTIN AND HIS ABSTRACT
PAINTINGS
THE CHIEF
FRANZ KLINE
S o, w h at d o es m a k e a pa i n t i n g
fa m o u s? I s i t t h e o r i g i n a li ty o f a n
i d ea, t h e u n i v ersa li ty o f t h e s u bj ect
m att er, t h e ta len t a n d s k i ll o f t h e
a rt i st o r i s i t c o n n ect ed to a m u c h
m o r e elu s i v e qua li t y – a n a rt i st ’s
vo i c e s p ea k i n g to t h e v i ew er o n a n
i n t en s ely em ot i o n a l a n d p ers o n a l
lev el a n d c o m m u n i cat i n g i n ways
t h at r eflect t h e h u m a n ex p er i en c e
a n d leav e a last i n g i m p r ess i o n?
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