Abstract Painting for Dummies

Do not panic. It's simple.

For someone Abstract painting is "spotting" and no art, for someone understood the amazing world, someone loves him, and some do not. In any case, if you do not consider yourself to be lovers of it, we offer you some tips on how to make friends with this beast. And the next time you meet him not to get lost.

There is no encrypted code or message.

It is human nature to look for the problem and the hidden meaning where there are none. And abstract art is just such a place. Take a deep breath, drop the desire to associate each color with a biography of the artist, and to find an explanation for each stroke. Guessing the riddle, have fun at the moment, dive into the mystery - long enjoyment.

 By the picture to get used to.

They say that abstract art slows perception. This is not surprising, it takes time to grasp such a product. How long do you have to look for work, to feel it? Watch until bored. If it interests you, you still come back to it time and again, constantly discovering something new.

Do not think about the meaning, focus on feelings.

In the classical understanding: oil on canvas; watercolor on paper. And there is much more interesting. Look at the picture of what is done, what colors are used, what is the texture. Immediately get the feeling of peace or chaos, or ease tension, etc.

 When you do not like it, that's fine.

Not every job can capture. Nothing in this strange. Feel free to choose what you really like. Who can prove that these red circles worse than those colored bars?

Name - a hint.

Well, let's say, the name of "Picture number 7" or "Untitled" is not so useful. But the effort is worthwhile. And the information about the time and place of painting tells the atmosphere and mood in which the work was created.

Where it makes no sense, you will not find it.

Some artists do not care what they mean kartiny.Tak that you should not worry. Once, during an interview with the famous abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly asked about the deep sense of his series of paintings, written in 1972. "It's hard to remember. I myself today they impressed. For me, it's a mystery. " Now you understand why abstraction - it's not a puzzle?

Abstract painting is so different, it is often baffled, disgusted, but also admire. Do not have to wrestle with, or think that you do not understand anything here. It's not to understand, and to feel it is necessary. And if the picture is not vyzyvet emotions, then God bless her. Find the one that will like and enjoy, because it will be possible to watch endlessly.