Art.

Abstract things are an interesting form of expression and creation I guess.

My tastes in art can differ a lot - I pick and choose pieces or artists to like, generally, and I don't stick to one type, e.g. I couldn't say honestly that \"I love only abstract art\"..Well..To be honest..What art lover could say that?

Hmm..I haven't any particular favourites here, but I'd probably say something by Dali. He's a very interesting painter.

Bonjour sister Envy,


Me too I like Dali too much but, it is a member of the \"surrealist\" there is no abstract art.
His paintings, even if they are \"fantastic\" are figurative. A horse still looks like a horse while Dali painted with oversized legs.


Mes hommages.

T.

\"Abstract\" is quite a relative adjective when it comes to art.

Surrealism is a movment of abstract art and therefore Dali is in all his right a representative of it.

Mm..I knew that Dali was categorised as a surrealist, generally, but yeah, pretty sure some of his stuff came under abstract.

*Shrug*

Maybe it's something which is down to interpretation.

Envy wrote:

Mm..I knew that Dali was categorised as a surrealist, generally, but yeah, pretty sure some of his stuff came under abstract.

*Shrug*

Maybe it's something which is down to interpretation.

Most of his stuff is abstract. There are a few of his early works that are figurative/realistic, but those are really just a couple of his works and not the works for which he is remembered most. Like most great artists he also started with realism and figurative art and then went on to form his own style...

Since the arrival of abstract art the term figurative has been used to refer to any form of modern art that retains strong references to the real world. Painting and sculpture can therefore be divided into the categories of figurative, representational and abstract, although, strictly speaking, abstract art is derived (or abstracted) from a figurative or other natural source; therefore also just a slight abstraction as elongating the legs of the horse and elephants in Dali's 'Temptation of St. Anthony' is enough to make it abstract art...

black_magnolia wrote:

Envy wrote:

Mm..I knew that Dali was categorised as a surrealist, generally, but yeah, pretty sure some of his stuff came under abstract.

*Shrug*

Maybe it's something which is down to interpretation.

Most of his stuff is abstract. There are a few of his early works that are figurative/realistic, but those are really just a couple of his works and not the works for which he is remembered most. Like most great artists he also started with realism and figurative art and then went on to form his own style...

Since the arrival of abstract art the term figurative has been used to refer to any form of modern art that retains strong references to the real world. Painting and sculpture can therefore be divided into the categories of figurative, representational and abstract, although, strictly speaking, abstract art is derived (or abstracted) from a figurative or other natural source; therefore also just a slight abstraction as elongating the legs of the horse and elephants in Dali's 'Temptation of St. Anthony' is enough to make it abstract art...

^.^ Thanks for clarifying.