abstract art

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abstract art

An art form that represents ideas (by means of geometric and other designs) instead of natural forms. Compare representational art.

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abstract art - an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation

abstractionism

genre - a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique

op art - a style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s; produces dramatic visual effects with colors and contrasts that are difficult for the eye to resolve

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абстракционизм

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This includes the very first spot painting Hirst made, in 1986, when he was a student at Goldsmiths College in London and had not yet figured out his formula; its mass of dripping, blobby spots painted on board suggests a kind of graffiti art abstraction. And back on the fifth floor, an expansive space offers total immersion with 23 canvases, but with enough room that you can see straight.

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Joining them is Rojas, who, aside from being an avid art patron and collector, will pitch in his own digital art pieces and ethnic art abstractions. The exhibit opens tomorrow and lasts until May 6 at the LRI Art Gallery at 210 Nicanor Garcia St., Bel Air II in Makati.