- Non-representational art has been shocking people for over a century, yet it remains popular in art museums.
- Technical skill in the visual arts is not necessarily a prerequisite for creating non-representational art.
- Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Marcel Duchamp, and Piet Mondrian all had the ability to create representational art, but chose to move towards abstraction for various reasons.
- The crisis of representation, which arose from advances in photography, caused many artists to turn inward and express their own emotional inner lives.
- AI art is creating a new crisis of representation, which may lead to an increased value for art that foregrounds the artist’s emotions.
- Despite the rise of poptimism, the fear of being looked down upon for appreciating non-representational art still exists, and this may be beneficial for the avant-garde.
Click HERE for original. Published December 27, 2022
