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realistic or abstract?
If you go into a museum or art gallery you will find two main types of art – realistic and abstract.
Abstract artists create work that represents an idea, a feeling, or a message that you can’t easily paint in a realistic style.
A work of Art?
One of the most famous abstract paintings of the 20th century is by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935). It was a simple black square. Lots of people said, ‘But my child could have painted that!’
But they didn’t, did they?
It is a good example of what abstract art does – it makes the viewer think about what message the artist was sending. But it also makes the viewer think. What does the image mean to them?
A painting of a bowl of fruit doesn’t make you think. It’s just meant to be nice to look at. That’s one big difference between traditional realistic art (Realism) and abstract art.
Check out the video …
YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT …
YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT …
YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT …
YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT …
Six Feelings, Three Squares
Thinking about Malevich’s black square painting, let’s see what we can do with just a few black squares.
Your Task
What you have to do is this: show six ‘feelings’ using only three black squares placed inside a white box. You can download the pdf version of them here and print it out to then cut out the squares.
The six feelings you should try to represent are:
- Fear
- Anger
- Contentment
- Frustration
- Excitement
- Joy
It’s not just about ‘what looks right where’ … sometimes the position of elements can change the entire feel or mood of an artwork.
For example, you could depict ‘fear’ by having all the squares huddled together for safety and comfort because they’re all scared of the same thing. Or spread out because they’re all scared of each other!
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Tanno & Iguda