How far can an Abstract artist go with his work of art?

United States
August 20, 2009 11:43pm CST
Did you ever notice in some of the art work such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Wassily Kandinsky can be way off making you question what is it? All Abstract artwork does make you question what the artist was thinking at the time and what the heck is it? Even the title of the art work can really confuse your eyes on what is depicted in thier work of art. Title can tell you what you will see on the picture, than other time you will not see what the title says. My question is how far can you go to creating an abstract art work that can make you uncertain to what you see? Even some leave it as "untitle", like Pollock work of art that didn't show a thing or depict in a way that you could figure it out. When you look at it,it like all he did was spill the ink on paper, and TA DUM. It Done! So even now the artists portray work that make you mind boggle up with question. Are willing to figure the artist out, put a title on those untitle work, or are you willing to create your own that will really throw off the people eyes making it two time confusing to look at it? How far can artists go to confusing you what you see in Abstract art work?
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@jayrene (2708)
• Philippines
24 Aug 09
i like painting but not that much though. i like more those that are of sceneries, natures and flowers. there are some abstracts that i've seen that had caught my attention. sure did it was mind boggling as i dont know what it meant. i have read and heard before that there are hidden meanings to those abstract paintings. well, i am not good at looking into the hidden meanings of it all... some are really nice to look at and would really look good hanging on my wall. but there are some abstract paintings that i dont really like at all. there are some malls here that shows paintings once in a while, they display it in public.
@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
21 Aug 09
Hello SweetArt, and welcome to MyLot. I think part of the interest in abstract art is that each viewer DOES see something unique to them. Perhaps that is what the artist hopes for. I think whatever an artist's mind can conceive, can be drawn, painted, sculpted, etc. Rather than to confuse, perhaps the work is meant to make us think. Good question! Karen