Abstract art March 26, 2007

by Piet Mondrian

 

 

Isn’t it weird, if you ask someone what’s they’re favorite kind of art, and they anwer you “abstract art”? Well, that’s what I would anwer.
Abstract art is usually underestimated. People don’t see how art can be a bunch of vertical or horizontal lines and with (mostly) primary colours.
Why paint insignificant shapes?
If we take it this way, then why paint landscapes? Why paint men, families, birds?
I think that everyone has its own way to see things, and the way we choose to show it reveals a lot of our personnality, and makes it  easier for others to understand us.
Abstract art seems to me the most mysterious kind of art.  A sitting noble portraies not only the political system of the period, but also the ease of the court, and how nobles wanted to be painted to show their wealth. A mother holding a baby in her arms represents love, affection, careness…  But what could a rectangle possibly mean to somebody?

When I feel something, I like to put it out. But not always (almost never) I know what those feelings are. So it isn’t always possible to express it through realistic images. I think that the abstract is much more personal. It’s a relief to put out things and give shapes to feelings with no preoccupation that others might not understand.

In plus, it’s a great decorative element. It’s easily in harmony with the ambient, since the colours are basic. It’s flexible interpretation favourises the fact that it could belong anywhere. He who sees it, will have the sensation that you prabably don’t have when you see it.

Abstract art is to me the liberty of expressing myself, oportunity to open other people’s minds, freedom in shapes.

If you liked the painting’s style, see more of Mondrian’s life on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian