Abstracts / Non representational art
On this page you will find expressive and vibrant art work which I would say comes under the description of Non Representational art work, also commonly referred to as Abstract art. However the title of abstract art is a bit of a misnomer and I have sourced a nice explanation of the difference which was published byBeth Gersh-Nesic and Updated September 23, 2019 so my thanks to Beth for this interesting paper.
Nonrepresentational art is often used as another way to refer to abstract art, but there is a distinct difference between the two. Fundamentally, nonrepresentational art is work that does not represent or depict a being, place, or thing.
If representational art is a picture of something, for instance, nonrepresentational art is the complete opposite: Rather than directly portray something recognizable, the artist will use form, shape, color, and line—essential elements in visual art—to express emotion, feeling, or some other concept.
It's also called "complete abstraction" or nonfigurative art. Nonobjective art is related and often viewed as a subcategory of nonrepresentational art.
Nonrepresentational Art Versus Abstraction
The terms "nonrepresentational art" and "abstract art" are often used to refer to the same style of painting. However, when an artist works in abstraction, they are distorting the view of a known thing, person, or place. For example, a landscape can easily be abstracted, and Picasso often abstracted people and instruments.
Nonrepresentational art, on the other hand, does not begin with a "thing" or subject from which a distinctive abstract view is formed. Instead, it is "nothing" but what the artist intended it to be and what the viewer interprets it as. It could be splashes of paint as we see in Jackson Pollock's work. It may also be the color-blocked squares that are frequent in Mark Rothko's paintings.
Please enjoy my non representational art work.
Kip