We may call this rejection of the book a first step along the road to abstract art. In a landscape or still life the object is of no precise significance until the artist comes to endow it with a ...

Wrecked Automobiles was a low-keyed tangle of telescoped cars stretched along the canvas with the careful arrangement of an abstract still life by Braque. In others, blinking lights and warning ...

Jackson Pollock’s “Mural” (1943) is a starter kit for understanding abstract art. Pollock didn’t adopt his signature drip style overnight; he arrived at it in small steps. Currently on ...

Indeed, the sleek presentation in fine art galleries and modern art wings often contributes to the idea that abstract art, as compared to representational art, is outside the realm of ...