Comments on: Abstract Answer: Further semantic obfuscation

By: pcNielsen

pcNielsen — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:55:51 +0000

I’m curious to know if you meant to type “if” in your last sentence, or if you meant “it.” I’m assuming you meant what you typed. Both make sense, but the meaning of your comment is very different depending on that word.

While I won’t disagree that all art is abstract — there is a very strong argument for this — the comment begs a conversation on or definition of realism . . .

By: jerry gann

jerry gann — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:09:15 +0000

All art is Abstract. But not all Abstract art is non-representational. People refer to Abstract art meaning non-representational. Let if go.

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