Abstract art : pain and discomfort
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01/01/2003
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Resumo |
Abstract art is often the most baffling to a viewer who may search in vain for a figurative reference or recognisable element. Abstraction may refer to "art that stylises, simplifies, or deliberately distorts something that exists in the real world" (Heller, 2002: 14). Further along the spectrum, however, is abstract art that is non-representational or non-objective and is based on the isolation or interplay between shapes, colours and forms.<br /><br />The aim of this article is to illustrate how non-objective art can cause discomfort and pain. Here I am using the term ‘non-objective’ to refer to art that does not have recognisable and identifiable imagery. I will make a link between Munch’s The Scream or The Cry and non-objective painting, and argue for a similarity of intent between these works, the works of Kandinsky and of artists loosely described as ‘Op artists’. <br /> |
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eng |
Publicador |
Double Dialogues |
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http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30004206/haysom-abstractart-2003.pdf http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30004206/n20062496.pdf http://www.doubledialogues.com/archive/issue_four/haysom.htm |
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2004, Double Dialogues |
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Journal Article |