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Does abstract art have a future?
It is hard to tell if abstract painting actually got worse [after the 1960s], if it merely stagnated, or if it simply looked bad in comparison to the hopes its own accomplishments had raised.
--Frank Stella, Working Space, 1986
It must be acknowledged at the outset of these observations that the question of whether abstract art has a future is anything but new. The question of abstraction's future has been raised many times in the past. Historically, the question of abstraction's future is as old as abstraction itself, for the birth of abstract art some ninety years or so ago immediately prompted many doubts about its artistic viability. No sooner did ...
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- Magazine article from: Art Business News Oswald, Hilary Masell March 1, 2008 700+ words
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- Student success with abstract art.(art education)
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- Reference information from: Young Students Learning Library January 1, 1996 700+ words
...important away from what is not.'' Abstract art shows what is important in a scene and...just like life'' or realistic. It is abstract art. In the 1880s in France, some artists...by doing section. That is the fun of abstract art. You can see the painting in a new...
Source: HighBeam Research, Does abstract art have a future?