Understanding Modern Art: Non-Objective Art

foreign this is non-objective Arts strange by comparison with other painting but the ideas and Concepts behind this exciting form of expression are as old as art itself generally when we look at a painting we search for familiar objects if we're unused to this work we may be disappointed and the entire painting may seem pointless to appreciate non-objective art one should be in a certain frame of mind first examine the honest words non-objective No Object nothing that we recognize this painting is abstract but not non-objective because looking closely we detect familiar forms a face eyes nose and mouth natural forms abstracted in non-objective work you will find no objects at all every good painting will have some non-objective qualities we can find them by diagramming a picture this one by expressionist Vincent van Gogh turned we lose interest in specific subject matter and now we have a non-objective painting interpreted directly from the first Van Gogh nothing remains but the composition relationships dominate subject matter we see the color shapes and painting textures they take on a beauty of their own non-objective painters are stimulated and inspired from nature just as other painters are many everyday objects look like non-objective art here a patch painted fender on a car Reflections on the smashed side of a car salt water traces on the pavement industrial pipe the rusty side of a boxcar the ends of some pieces of lumber stacked in the Sun and the Shadows cast by a roll of wire Vasily Kandinsky the founder of this style of painting big a simple elements line her kandinsky's of its own usually a line turns into a chicken ahead a pair an apple then the line loses its own identity and becomes part of an object going along with kandinsky's thinking lines don't have to become objects they might assume attitudes these lines are soft and rhythmical these sharp and jagged also with shapes this soft shape becomes harsh colors too have emotions of Their Own here's a non-objective painting in low-key colors it is somber quiet and Moody this one's much livelier another mood established merely by the use of color many non-objective paintings are based upon very simple forms like the circle the artist may use this one shape with great imagination creating an interesting and complex picture or he may effectively combine them and have variety as well as consistency in his picture very often we now see a trend toward using non-objective painting in many fields illustration industrial design and most effectively in modern textiles and fabrics in this deliberate design there is no object represented but the square is used interestingly and effectively this is exactly what the non-objective painter tries to accomplish non-objective design and non-objective painting are distinguished by one factor designs may carry on repeatedly with no special ending on wallpaper or cloth or otherwise but a non-objective painting is self-contained it is absolute no fragment of it can be left out or the picture will fall apart it is as carefully planned as a complete design the painter tries to make a feast for our eyes with his paints to excite us with sights we have never seen before mainly he attempts to invent a beauty of his own which he wishes to share the beauty of a splash of paint the exciting relationship of formal and informal order and if we can learn to enjoy the site thrill giveness by many good non-objective paintings our revision becomes uninhibited unprejudiced and ready for adventure into the realm of sea