Understanding abstract art – Part 17

Understanding abstract art can be a difficult thing. Two people can look at one image and get two different meanings out of it. To truly understand what the artist meant to say through his / her art can only be told by that artist. It’s almost like you need to be inside the mind of that artist to understands it.

Looking a piece of abstract art can bring happy memories back or it could make you feel sad for the artist, but sometimes these feelings it gives you could be the opposite of what was intentional.

For example: if an artist paints a picture with warm bright colors such as reds and oranges, the artist could mean for it to be cheerful and happy. While someone else looking at it could see anger or fire. It really all depends on how you choose to see what is in front of you.

If an artist paints a scene with boxes in different shades of blues and blacks an everyday observer could see repetition, someone who lives the same day everyday. The artist on the other hand could be thinking that they are trapped or isolated. Stick in a box without any idea of how to get out of it.

Honestly in my opinion there is no true way to understand the real meanings behind abstract art. This style of art will make you see what you want to see. To understand the true meanings behind this art you must get inside the artists mind and sometimes that isn’t possible anymore.

Just understand that abstract art is a wonderful form of art that everyone should get to experience. Whether you are right and wrong in what you think the image could mean you are right to yourself, and that’s all that matters.