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Originally Posted by Odyshape
Thanks! Its good to know I always thought it included extremely distorted depictions of things but if its not representational those wouldn't be considered abstract would they.
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Exactly. That's why Picasso's famous cubist pieces are not abstract. They are extremely stylized and non-realistic but nevertheless they do still depict people, things and places.
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Originally Posted by Odyshape
On a side note. How do art critics determine whats good abstract art and whats bad abstract art. Like how do particular pieces of abstract art become famous or not. I always was so confused by that considering the level of seeming randomness behind a lot of stuff like this.
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The same way as representational art: composition, color, texture, emotion, etc. A lot of abstract art is strongly compositional and not really random at all, though I can see why it might seem that way at first glance.