Description:
Largest Size 16 x 16 inches
This piece is actually semi-abstract art,which means just as the name suggests. This is unlike traditional abstract art, a term generally used to describe art that is not representational or based on external reality or nature. Semi-abstract art contains some elements which are recognizable.
Thinking in abstractions is considered to be one of the key traits of humans which is believed to have developed between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago. Its development is likely to have been closely connected with the development of human language which (whether spoken or written) appears to both involve and facilitate abstract thinking. “There is an abstract thinking, just as there is abstract feeling, sensation and intuition. Abstract thinking singles out the rational, logical qualities ... Abstract feeling does the same with ... its feeling-values. ... I put abstract feelings on the same level as abstract thoughts. ... Abstract sensation would be aesthetic as opposed to sensuous sensation and abstract intuition would be symbolic as opposed to fantastic intuition. “ Carl Jung ( Source : Wikipedia)
Abstract art began in 1911 with such works as Picture with a Circle (1911) by the Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944). Kandinsky believed that colors provoke emotions. Red was lively and confident; Green was peaceful with inner strength; Blue was deep and supernatural; Yellow could be warm, exciting, disturbing or totally bonkers; and White seemed silent but full of possibilities. He also assigned instrument tones to go with each color: Red sounded like a trumpet; Green sounded like a middle-position violin; Light Blue sounded like flute; Dark Blue sounded like a cello, Yellow sounded like a fanfare of trumpets; and White sounded like the pause in a harmonious melody. These analogies to sounds came from Kandinsky's appreciation for music, especially that by the contemporary Viennese composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951). Kandinsky's titles often refer to the colors in the composition or to music, for example "improvisation." (Source: about.com)
Lee Krasner , wife of Jason Pollack, was a female artist (1910-1984) who was considered one of the most important abstract expressionists in New York. Starting in 1937, she took classes with Hans Hofmann who taught the principles of cubism, and his influence helped to direct Krasner's work toward neo-cubist abstraction. When commenting on her work, Hofmann stated, "This is so good you would not know it was painted by a woman."[ At a time when “female artists” seldom made it to the public eye, her achievements eventually culminated in a retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. (Source: Wikipedia) #abstract art
