> [email protected] writes: > that's a perfect example of equivocation. Abstraction in > painting refers to > the removal (ie abstraction) of representation & subject matter from > paintings, leaving only the formal properties of point, > line, surface, > volume, space, form, tone and colour. That's the type of > abstraction you > refer to when you first use the word - abstraction opposed to > representation. > > You then use abstract in opposition to concrete, though I > question whether > many of your examples are abstract, such as emotions, wealth > and power. That > is not what abstraction in painting refers to. > > Mondrian, Kandinsky, Pollock and others are classic examples > of abstraction > in painting. The purpose is nothing to do with the concepts > you list (except > in so far as art is a means to wealth, power and strife!), rather the > purpose is to make the formal properties themselves the > subject of the work. > > This is not possible with photography because of its > inherent relationship > with subject matter and our expectations that photographs are 'of' > something. So-called abstract photographs always end up as > some sort of > party game where people try to guess what they are of. > > Bob > > =========== > You refer, of course, only to unmanipulated photographs. > > Marnie aka Doe :-) >
No, I don't. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
