In addition to painting I have a passion for writing and my main topic is art, I am constantly writing on a very culturally active Italian blog signoradeifiltri.overblog.com. In this article I explain my opinion on abstract art, I hope it will be interesting for everyone and know the opinion of other fans like me.


Many people, speaking of abstract art, think that it is beautiful and pleasant, but not easy to understand.  Many things are said but, in reality, abstract art is born from the imagination of each of us. Each of us sees what is around us with a logic but then, with the imagination, can invent what does not actually exist. And fantasy is a reason for joy for all of us.

Try to think of children's doodles, they are true works of art, because they are natural. Children are free from conditioning, therefore, when they draw, they are authentic and spontaneous, and their expressive language becomes art.

Or think of the men of prehistory, think of the rock drawings in the caves of Altamira in Spain. Human beings have always used graphic language to communicate, it is not important that the drawing is faithful to reality, or similar, or totally different, so as to leave the observer the possibility of interpreting a work considered abstract. The beauty of art is in its manifestation and in seeing this language as an essential part of our life.

What would life be like without the beauty of art? Abstract, or figurative, art, in one word: "art". In my opinion, abstract art has always existed, but it is with the French Impressionists movement that something has changed in history. From that moment on, art could also be considered from a different point of view. As has happened with all the new movements, the break with the patterns of the past has generated a creative spark.

The breakdown of light, with an effect on all forms, thanks to the Impressionists, has given birth to new works of art. The observer no longer saw only what really existed but, through fantasy, he could touch the impressions we have before our eyes in every moment. Impressions that, being very fast, escape us. The impressionists, with an abstract technique, had managed to stop them on the canvas. So we were faced with a new renaissance that would never stop.

Abstract art is fast, spontaneous, dynamic. Even if it may seem irrational, its forms are however balanced. With a single glance, it can excite us, make us smile, make us dream, make us reflect. Abstract art has no limits. It is true that it is very difficult for an artist to invent something new, because everything has been  already invented, but this is the beauty of finding alternative ways, experimenting. And thanks to the imagination nothing is impossible.


"Art is a harmony parallel to nature" Paul Cezanne.

"I work from the inside out, just like nature" Jackson Pollock
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