Abstraction and process.FINAL
Abstraction and process art is about the process and the materials allowing this to drive the work forward by letting go.
The outcome and where the work may land may be unknown to the artist. It is
more about the here and now and the materials and the energy one brings to the materials. This is within art created through paint to sculpture with traditional clay, to the sculptures being created with traditional materials. It is seen in the artwork of Wolfgang Laib who collected pollen and this work was driven by the idea displaying it in a space.
Painting in an abstract way is about mark making, expresisve movement like dancing on the canvas. With Painting based on the human form I could express a feeling, an energy given by the subject or the artists interpretation of the subject.
You can find abstract sculptures in spaces within towns or parks and city centres .These are often non-offensive pieces of work placed in a space some would not notice them to be sculptures.
Abstract painting is also non-offensive being placed in an office space or school halls and doctors' surgery and that is the same idea.
Bridget Riely ‘s work Movement Square is a geometric piece of work
which plays on your sight and then plays on your senses what you see and what you
think you see. Although this abstract is a more planned process to deliver the piece
of work called Movement it required careful planning and measurements. I like the work because it plays with your eyes and for the repetition within it
Barbara Hepworth’s outside sculpture would have you curious for the open space and the shapes within the work it resembles tribal trophies with smooth modern shapes .There is a deep control when it comes to this process and the work delivers something strong
