The Case for Abstraction | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
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For much of human history, people made art by trying to represent the world as it appeared around them. Until about 100 years ago, when a bunch of artists stopped trying to do that. It was shocking then and it still upsets and confounds today. How are we supposed to deal with art completely removed from recognizable objects? And why should we? This is the case for Abstraction.
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Calli Tipton edited English subtitles for The Case for Abstraction | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios | ||
Ilina Tsoneva edited Bulgarian subtitles for The Case for Abstraction | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios | ||
Ilina Tsoneva edited Bulgarian subtitles for The Case for Abstraction | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios | ||
Ilina Tsoneva edited Bulgarian subtitles for The Case for Abstraction | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios | ||
Ilina Tsoneva edited Bulgarian subtitles for The Case for Abstraction | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios | ||
Ilina Tsoneva edited Bulgarian subtitles for The Case for Abstraction | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios | ||
Ilina Tsoneva edited Bulgarian subtitles for The Case for Abstraction | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios | ||
Ilina Tsoneva edited Bulgarian subtitles for The Case for Abstraction | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios |