Abstract Arts: a Deliberate Misrepresentation of Reality

August 18th, 2011

If one were to ask any respectable art patron about the abstract arts, the answer to that question would be that it is a misrepresentation of reality. In order for any art piece to be considered “abstract”, it must be taken from nature but not be a realistic representation of it. This means that the artwork must look close enough to the object it is trying to represent without it actually looking like a “photograph” or its context must at least be plausible or easily interpreted by the viewer. While there are certain abstract artworks that look like splashes of paint or random shapes and figures put together, these artworks are not without their contexts or ideas that they try to represent. Abstract art is, therefore, not for the patron that judges an artwork’s beauty based on its accuracy of representation of real life objects. It is more for the patron that wishes to see the artist’s own take on reality.

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