John Sprakes
Although abstraction is one of the most significant movements of 20th-century art, we are frequently challenged by the meaning of this genre. Sometimes the visual language employed by the artist appears incomprehensible – what is it supposed to be? The answer may well be that it all depends where you start from, and where you want to go!
Abstraction developed from a number of sources, notably a movement that sought to break away from the traditional analytical representation of physical objects and vistas. Abstract painting can develop from other sources; it’s basically a derivative approach where the artist distills analytical observation into abstract visual language through a progressive selection and rejection of various processes