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Abstract Art

occasionalrain — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:10:28 GMT

Do you like it, understand it?

I don't understand it. Sometimes I find it disturbing and wonder if others do as well.

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BoopOMatic — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:17:52 GMT

I don't care for it. I like artwork that I enjoy looking at, not something that seems bizarre or odd to me.

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DrakesMomma — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:20:37 GMT

I do like it. Do I understand? Not always but that's ok. I try to respect the artist's work and vision.

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manny2 — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:26:14 GMT

I do like some of them. The pieces that are angry looking do not appeal to me.

It’s just using shapes and colors etc. to achieve the effect.

I think it’s a win for the artist when we see their vison. Which is not always the case. Art can be subjective to the viewer.

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LadybugDG — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:36:52 GMT

I love a lot of abstract art, but not all. As far as understanding, I use my own interpretation

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Marsha2003 — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:59:23 GMT

As I've grown older, I'm drawn more to certain abstract art. There's something attractive about being pulled into the colors and shapes as walking through a room. I still can't appreciate the spatter paint version of abstract art, whatever that is called, and I agree with other posters that I don't like angry looking or depressing art of any genre.

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Bookplate — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:59:43 GMT

@occasionalrain wrote:
Do you like it, understand it?

I don't understand it. Sometimes I find it disturbing and wonder if others do as well.

"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable."

Cesar Cruz

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occasionalrain — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:05:23 GMT

I like art with a bit of mystery, a big old house that looks abandoned, with a door half open and a second floor window with an image. Is it a person or just a shadow?

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occasionalrain — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:11:15 GMT

@Bookplate

That's perfect. I've never been comforted by abstract art, but I've been disturbed by it at times.

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Still Raining — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:24:15 GMT

I have come to understand that some of us do facts and literal better than using imagination. Sure that those are not exactly the words, but just my best.

At work I was surrounded by folks who loved new regulations in the Federal Register and would have words about the use of a comma in the code. We are those who just can't understand abstract.

The world needs both of us and we can be different.

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Love to Run — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:35:08 GMT

Yes, I enjoy abstract art. It allows me to impart my own meaning to the piece.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:36:20 GMT

@occasionalrain You don't have to understand contemporary art. Just enjoy it for its colors, shapes textures, mood, movement, or whatever attributes it has....or not if you don't like it.

As with fashion, everything is not for everyone.

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Imaoldhippie — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:42:01 GMT

I find abstract art absurd and silly with no meaning. In short NO I do not like it.

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Estellee — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:43:47 GMT

I like some of it, depends on the piece.

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Carolina925 — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:44:56 GMT

It's not my preferred choice although I've seen some that are very nice and then some that make me shake my head. I don't try to "understand" what the artist is saying, some things just aren't meant to understand but rather enjoyed. I've collected different art through my years from local (SC/NC artists) which I prefer, most of which are landscapes of my surroundings. They give me comfort since I think I'm usually surrounded by beauty in my neck of the woods.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:25:17 GMT

I love abstract prints on clothing, especially in bright colors.

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shoptilyadropagain — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:44:02 GMT

It's like most everything else in that each piece is different so it depends on the colors, shapes, paint methods, etc. used, I would say overall, I'm not a fan but occasionally I see an abstract art print I really like.

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Oznell — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:55:32 GMT

@Kachina624 's astute explanation in message 12, is the closest to the way I feel about all art. I tend to like everything from abstract to highly realistic art, depending...

With abstracts, I am most drawn to colorful Cubist art that makes me think of the turbulence and machine obsession of the early 20th century--

But, at the opposite end, more realistic land or seascapes also draw me in, like Thomas Moran's lustrous "View of Venice"--

Probably the genre of art that pulls me the most, is art that hovers between realism, and abstraction-- you can tell it's something identifiable in real life, but it's moving in a more theoretical or conjectural direction, ha:

Like, Emily Carr's "Dancing Sunlight"--

Or, Carmen Rey's "Fern in Abstract Field II"

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SaveTheTurtles — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 16:12:57 GMT

I don't care for abstract art. I don't understand it or the vision. I much prefer landscape, floral, people in the art. To each his/her own.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 16:15:37 GMT

I like some of it used as prints for garments but not so much to hang on my walls at home.