Stretched Canvas

Modern Lines

Contemporary White

Natural Clear Maple

Unframed print




Ed Churchill, Austin, Texas
Member Since October 2013
Artist Statement Abstract art uses a visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world Underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality. The arts of cultures have become accessible and showed alternative ways of describing visual experience to the artist. The sources from which individual artists drew their theoretical arguments were diverse, and reflected the social and intellectual preoccupations in all areas of Western culture at that time. Abstraction indicates a departure from reality in depiction of imagery in art. This departure from accurate representation can be slight, partial, or complete. Abstraction exists along a continuum. Even art that aims for verisimilitude of the highest degree can be said to be abstract, at least theoretically, since perfect representation is likely to be exceedingly elusive. Artwork which takes liberties, altering for instance color and form in ways that are conspicuous, can be said to be partially abstract. Total abstraction bears no trace of any reference to anything recognizable. In geometric abstraction, for instance, one is unlikely to find references to naturalistic entities. Figurative art and total abstraction are almost mutually exclusive. But figurative and representational (or realistic) art often contains partial abstraction.

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Product No 5568497
Subjects Abstract, Color, Organic
Style Traditional
Medium
Tags Churchill, Ed, danger, explosion, fire, watercolor