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Originally Posted by Bonehead
But anybody can understand jewelry. And, if you suspend judgment, you can understand abstract art in the same way. A very well-known realist painter, Robert Bateman, when asked about an abstract painting, "what does it represent?", replied that "it is a painting of paint". Juts because it does not represent anything tangible does not mean that it represents nothing. It represents a communication of beauty, color, form or whatever, just like jewelry.
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Originally Posted by Bonehead
You are an American who speaks only English who steps into Serbia and insists that their language is just gibberish, and thus invalid, only because you don't understand it (and perhaps make no effort to understand).
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Hi Mike. Interesting points, but first of all, go back and re-read my statement. I clearly said "not all abstract art is bad" - meaning that I do, in fact, appreciate and even like, some of it. I DO, in fact, understand other forms, and for a long time, made great effort to try and understand even those that I didn't like.
Secondly, I admittedly carry a chip on my shoulder in terms of my own work in relation to abstract art. For many years, in art school and after graduation, I was pushed to believe that my own work was somehow inferior and unacceptable because it was representational (I'm guessing you may have experienced the same attitudes??). For a long time I held an unhealthy and apologetic attitude about my own style. Unfortunately I find that same attitude still exists among the "artsy-fartsy" types (as opposed to those who appreciate art).
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Originally Posted by Bonehead
Just because it does not represent anything tangible does not mean that it represents nothing. It represents a communication of beauty, color, form or whatever, just like jewelry.
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Where do you see the difference between that and simple "decoration"? I can find beauty in a mass produced Christmas tree ornament.
nice work, BTW