Category: abstract art

For it was Paris that Cubism originated and where abstract art has its modern roots. This was a movement which led to much more radical departures from the Western tradition of painting than even Kandinskys Expressionist colour chords. 
 Yet Cubism did not set out to abolish representation, only to reform it. The Feeling of [...]

Art is one of those really personal things. We all choose art with a particular room or space in mind – we know what we want, we know what will go. However, it is not always that easy and there are a few simple rules that will ensure that you choose the right piece of [...]

  How can something that represents nothing in particular be so eye-catching to look at?  If you have once said, “That is easy to paint…who would pay that significant amount of money for something that doesn’t even relate to anything?” then chances are you do not appreciate what Abstract Art really is.  When looking at [...]

The origins of abstract art can rightly be attributed to the imagination of man. Abstract art is distinguishable from fantasy art, which makes imaginative characters and myths its subject. It is closer to reality as it reflects the real in figurative terms.  In other words, abstract art depicts real forms in a simplified or rather [...]

By Bryon  Zirker Abstract art work is becoming very popular as a way of owning affordable modern art. Although abstraction was becoming evident in the impressionist, neo and post impressionist movements began during the latter part of the 19th century. A separate identity in the early 20th century called non-objective or non-iconic art started to [...]

By Bryon Zirker Abstract art combines a beautiful visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a definite degree of independence from visual references seen in the world today and in the past. Western art was typically underpinned by the logic of perspective during and after the Renaissance [...]

I was about to be promoted, but suddenly our company was taken by new management. For reasons unknown to me our new manager disliked me from the very first conversation. Certainly as far as work was concerned, he could not fault me. However, we struggled to find common ground nevertheless, and after a few months [...]

Kazimir Malevich was an art theoretician and designer is considered to be one of the 20th century’s most influential artists. He is regarded as the originator of Suprematism – a Russian abstract art movement that was characterized by the use of just a small number of colours and a few fundamental geometric shapes. Suprematism focused [...]

“Of all the arts or paintings, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colours, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential.” – Wassily Kandinsky  Contemporary abstract art work is becoming popular and this [...]

Abstract Art (From the Latin: Abstractio – removal, diversion) is an artistic movement that rejects ‘real-life,’ concrete images. It does not display recognisable images, but is rather a fusion of bold, pure colours and linear forms. In an abstract painting you won’t see recognisable pictures that you are familiar with in everyday life. Instead, you [...]