The most misunderstood form of visual art. The passive art audience will say abstract art is meaningless because all it is is a bunch of meaningless shapes and colors and that anybody can do it. Yes, anybody can do abstract art by throwing paint on a canvas but not many are actually good at it. That's like saying anybody can make abstract noise out of a guitar, very few are actually really good at it. It takes a sensitive and trained eye to know good marks and good brush strokes and composition just like music. Just like listening to abstract music from an instrument. And no, not anyone could throw paint on a canvas and make tons of money off of it. If that were the case everyone would be rich and famous and there are very few rich and famous abstract artist out there today. Only people who were the first at what they did are really famous. People know nothing about this art form and still judge it out of ignorance, they haven't done a single bit of research and think they know everything about abstract art and what it means. I could say Jimmy Page is a pretentious hipster because he makes a bunch of non sensical sounds out of a guitar and I don't know what they mean. The purpose of abstract art is not always to interpret the meaning for himself. There is such thing as bad abstract art and good abstract art. People who hate abstract art are normally hypocrits because they whine about modern abstract art yet they go on to enjoy other forms of abstract art like it's normal. Music is an abstract form of art, beats and guitars, and sound is meaningless. Design is abstract where shape, color, form, composition is abstract. Compositional shots in film is abstract, there is color, space, etc. Just about anything designed is abstract. Look at a nice car that you like for instance, it's the shapes and colors that please your eyes. Look at anything artificial that you think looks good, it is still the shape, color, form, composition that pleases the eye not the fact that it is an object. A painting is still an object, it doesn't always have to represent anything. That's like me saying why is your car red? what does it mean? why are there different shapes on your car, it makes no sense. Look at all the buildings all around you, look at all the things around you, there is abstract elements that look good everywhere. Some will go as far as saying abstract art is actually from analyzing and object where the origin of the abstract is actually an object being abstracted. Also consider the concepts put into abstract art.
Dumb people think they know everything about abstract art just sound stupid because they contradict everything they say. If anybody could make millions off of abstract art go prove it and try it for yourself. go throw some paint on a canvas and tell me how far you will make it. are you as smart as you sound?
by eazy-X April 29, 2008
Get the abstract artmug. Using your shit, and your bum cheeks to create beautiful shapes.
The most common artworks are beautiful Butterflies.
To create these works of art all you need to do is to push a relatively long turd, but before you cut the turtle, you need to stand up straight and mash your bum cheeks together.
This traps the turd between your bum cheeks and forms symmetrical Wing like shapes on both sides.
To see your work of art all you do is bend over in front of a mirror, spread your cheeks and enjoy your art!!
The most common artworks are beautiful Butterflies.
To create these works of art all you need to do is to push a relatively long turd, but before you cut the turtle, you need to stand up straight and mash your bum cheeks together.
This traps the turd between your bum cheeks and forms symmetrical Wing like shapes on both sides.
To see your work of art all you do is bend over in front of a mirror, spread your cheeks and enjoy your art!!
Son - Hey mom, you should have seen the beautiful butterfly i made at school today.
Mom - oh thats nice, why didn't you bring it home to show me?
Son - because all the other kids complained that i stink too much!!!
Mom - What do you mean?
Son - Its BUM-ART mom.
Mom - oh thats nice, why didn't you bring it home to show me?
Son - because all the other kids complained that i stink too much!!!
Mom - What do you mean?
Son - Its BUM-ART mom.
by Clinton Howes February 21, 2008
Get the bum-artmug. When cash-scrapped artists begin using toilet paper or rolls for their own creative expression—a proof that expensive materials are not necessary to create rich or beautiful art.
Modi from the BJP Academy of Arts likes to soak sheets of toilet paper with cow dung mixed with holy water from Ganges river to produce his contemporary or controversial toilet art works.
by MathPlus May 12, 2021
Get the Toilet Artmug. by schande May 8, 2006
Get the lenn artmug. 1. Someone who wastes 4 years and at least $100,000NZD in art school, still can't draw, can't paint, don't know anything about print media, photography, design, film, etc. Work as a part-time cleaner and teacher's aide in high school art department. Gets frequently rejection from hopeless job search/interviews.
2. Someone who has too much money to spend too much time to waste.
3. Rich mum who has too much time on her hands.
4. Rich nerdy style guy who draws worse than your 7 year-old brother.
5. Naive wannabe-comic-artist student who comes to the wrong place to learn how to draw comics.
6. Smart but lazy person
7. Art-theory geek
2. Someone who has too much money to spend too much time to waste.
3. Rich mum who has too much time on her hands.
4. Rich nerdy style guy who draws worse than your 7 year-old brother.
5. Naive wannabe-comic-artist student who comes to the wrong place to learn how to draw comics.
6. Smart but lazy person
7. Art-theory geek
by Muffinsnail September 13, 2006
Get the art studentmug. you're most likely to come across one of these weird and unusual creatures during the early hours of the morning lamenting the lose of his/her muse and drinking some decent red wine outside a closed cafe.
certainly to have dropped out of the local art college due to being surrounded by a load of middle class wannabes and the withdrawl of their funding grants.
will create flyers for free gig tickets or beer. will convince you that they are only doing this until discovered by a rich patron at which point they will sell any principles they have for a quick buck.
more than likely to be mistaken as being homeless.
certainly to have dropped out of the local art college due to being surrounded by a load of middle class wannabes and the withdrawl of their funding grants.
will create flyers for free gig tickets or beer. will convince you that they are only doing this until discovered by a rich patron at which point they will sell any principles they have for a quick buck.
more than likely to be mistaken as being homeless.
resposible for totally pointless flyers/stencils popping up around the city, a known triat they possess.
by ..tone.. March 1, 2004
Get the art punkmug. The best character along with Fagin in the book Oliver Twist by Charels Dickins. And the movie/Musical Oliver! (note this must have an ! or it is not the musical of Oliver Twist)
by The Artful Dodger - From Oliver! August 30, 2006
Get the The Artful Dodgermug.