Art Informel, Cubism and Mondrian and Modglianian Art

ABSTRACTION IS AWESOME


In the past I was never really into abstract art but in this past year alone I have become increasingly fascinated by everything abstraction can achieve. From emotions to imagination the art of abstraction really requires more thought than simply moving pieces of an object around. The message portrayed by that act is almost too simplistic that it is unimportant.

Above I have listed art from Martin Jansen, Piet Mondrian, Wols, and Pablo Picasso. Each has a different form of abstraction and each manages uniqueness.

To begin, Mondrian's Red Tree is not much of an abstraction in terms of shape but in terms of color and style it definitely is. It interacts with the background simply by contrasting with the cool unnatural blues. Layering brush strokes is also a great way to achieve the effect.

Moving on, Picasso's Femme En Pleurs above utilizes a range of geometric shapes and colors to fulfill abstraction. In a more interesting way than man of his predecessors in my opinion. The style he uses allows for a great range of emotion to be felt. They also usually tell a great story. Guernica for example is a great story told through cold colors and blocky portraits. In Femme En Pleurs there is an especially poignant spot that is monotonous pointing towards emphasis on the woman's mouth.

The next painting probably my favorite of this batch, Wols' Blue Phantom is just great. It runs with the idea of Art Informel. The use of colors and the vagueness of his shape lead to endless interpretation. The colors mesh well together creating a sort of conversation with each other going back and forth back and forth.

Martin Jansen uses an abstraction of the human figure for his subjects but really makes use of his imagination to either create within the subject a new sense of motion (through use of varying shapes and fluid objects within) or by creating surroundings that seem surreal. His work above, One Second has multiple figures though they are disguised in color, tell an interesting story of oppression I think.