Sunday, April 25, 2010

Abstract Art

Fred Sandback

Christopher Wilmarth

Martin Puryear

Martin Puryear


Richard Serra

Brice Marden

Jackson Pollock

Robert Ryman

Carrie and I had a few questions to prompt the class discussion. Kirk Varnedoe outlines a history of abstract art since Pollock, one that comes to include a surprisingly broad expressive range.

Why abstract art?

What relevance does it have today?

What is unique to the expressive possibility of abstraction?

What are the challenges of making abstract work?

What gives abstraction life?

Is abstraction more dependent on its own history?

How is abstraction different from design?

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