subject: Representational Abstract Art - Something Uncommon [print this page] Representational Abstract Art - Something Uncommon
Abstract artworks are generally understood to be non-representational, that is, artworks where the artist is free to make his own representation of the image, object or scene he sees.He is painting as he sees' the objects around him. So what is representational abstract art ? These artworks refer to those paintings that reflect or exhibit the (more or less) exact qualities of the image, object or scene as anybody sees them.Most abstract paintings adhere to having no recognizable object that can be seen on the canvas.What we could then term as both a representation and at the same time abstract in nature are cubist paintings and some contemporary artworks such as those delving in artflowers .You can observe both this representational and abstract nature in Pablo Picasso's cubist paintings where you may determine a pitcher of water but not in the ordinary way by which we see them in reality.This is because the representation of these objects in Picasso's works is getting the object's multiple views simultaneously put in a single plane.Most abstract paintings adhere to having no recognizable object that can be seen on the canvas.What we could then term as both a representation and at the same time abstract in nature are cubist paintings and some contemporary artworks such as those delving in artflowers .You can observe both this representational and abstract nature in Pablo Picasso's cubist paintings where you may determine a pitcher of water but not in the ordinary way by which we see them in reality.This is because the representation of these objects in Picasso's works is getting the object's multiple views simultaneously put in a single plane.
One Object Three Artworks Interpretations,Say one sees a bowl of apples on a tableA representational artist will produce artworks wherein anybody looking at the painting would know that it is about a bowl of apples.A non-representational artist might come up with red circles on a completely blue canvas and only upon seeing the title of the painting will we know what it is all about.A representational abstract artworks artist will come up with something in between.Oh, you will immediately recognize the fruit as apples but the artist will introduce enough aspects to make it look abstract. A great example of this would be Paul C zanne's "Apples, Peaches, Pears and Grapes".
