What is abstract art? Why do artists insist on making it and why do the majority of the public dislike it so much? In this video we explore this topic in broad strokes. No pun intended. We take a look at the history of abstraction, what it was reacting against and why artists chose to depict their world in this way. We also take a quick look at some of the methods and modes of abstraction, ways it can be inspired and how it can be read and understood in artworks.

Asking what is abstraction is a pretty complex topic and this video only offers an overview. Future videos will explore some of the concepts listed in this video in more detail including materiality, the works of Kandinsky and the spiritual successor of abstraction, abstract expressionism.

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