Comments on: New Work http://www.scarlet-zebra.com/2008/04/02/new-work/ Color, fabric, yarn, oh my! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:24:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Deborah http://www.scarlet-zebra.com/2008/04/02/new-work/#comment-85 Deborah Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:25:53 +0000 http://www.scarlet-zebra.com/2008/04/02/new-work/#comment-85 Lynnie - I had run across the term "nonobjective" in a book I recently picked up ("Finding Your Visual Voice: A Painter's Guide to Developing an Artistic Style" by Dakota Mitchell with Lee Haroun). If I had read the section thoroughly ;) I would have seen the same distinction made by the author. I'm glad to know the difference. I'd say my "grape vines" are more abstract than nonobjective. BTW, I've been perusing the book more deeply (as a result of your comment) and I find it very worthwhile. For my engineering background (as in no art training) I pick things up by my artsy friends, books, and the odd class; online and at the local CC. Maybe not the best way to get an art education but it works for me, my schedule and temperament. Thanks Lynn! Your input is always wonderful! :) Lynnie - I had run across the term “nonobjective” in a book I recently picked up (”Finding Your Visual Voice: A Painter’s Guide to Developing an Artistic Style” by Dakota Mitchell with Lee Haroun). If I had read the section thoroughly ;) I would have seen the same distinction made by the author. I’m glad to know the difference. I’d say my “grape vines” are more abstract than nonobjective. BTW, I’ve been perusing the book more deeply (as a result of your comment) and I find it very worthwhile. For my engineering background (as in no art training) I pick things up by my artsy friends, books, and the odd class; online and at the local CC. Maybe not the best way to get an art education but it works for me, my schedule and temperament. Thanks Lynn! Your input is always wonderful! :)

]]> By: LynnH http://www.scarlet-zebra.com/2008/04/02/new-work/#comment-84 LynnH Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:03:51 +0000 http://www.scarlet-zebra.com/2008/04/02/new-work/#comment-84 Ooh, how cool to get a class like that. In my art class the teacher made a very distinct case that abstract and non-objective were not related at all. Abstract was an object that was "abstracted" or made to have only a few attributes of the object, so that one had to apply imagination but then one could tell what it might be, perhaps. Non-objective had nothing to do with any object, was not abstracted. It includes color, texture, repetition, other design elements, but had nothing to do with anything that exists in any visual reality. So a black line on a white background might be one simple partial outline of something, say one side of a violin or a pregnant body or a car, which would make it abstract. But a black line that was more of a random scribble or a very intentional scribble but not related to any item on this earth, would be non-objective. For some reason I loved this distinction. My mother loves both abstract and non-objective art. I think that the word comparison is fascinating. Lynnie Ooh, how cool to get a class like that.

In my art class the teacher made a very distinct case that abstract and non-objective were not related at all. Abstract was an object that was “abstracted” or made to have only a few attributes of the object, so that one had to apply imagination but then one could tell what it might be, perhaps.

Non-objective had nothing to do with any object, was not abstracted. It includes color, texture, repetition, other design elements, but had nothing to do with anything that exists in any visual reality.

So a black line on a white background might be one simple partial outline of something, say one side of a violin or a pregnant body or a car, which would make it abstract. But a black line that was more of a random scribble or a very intentional scribble but not related to any item on this earth, would be non-objective.

For some reason I loved this distinction. My mother loves both abstract and non-objective art. I think that the word comparison is fascinating.

Lynnie

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