Non-Objective Art
Definition, History: Geometric Abstract Painting/Sculpture.
Encyclopedia of Irish and World Art - HOMEPAGE
Drought (1962, Tate Modern, London)
By Kenneth Noland. One of the great
abstract painters.
Non-Objective Art
(aka non-representational)
Not representing any object, figure, or element in nature, in any way; non-representational.
Non-objective art is not an invention of the 20th century - humans have made non-objective art since they first drew pictures in the dirt.
Abstract work with no recognizable subject matter is called non-objective art.
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS: a group of New York artists of the 1940's-50's, including Jackson Pollock. They made abstract works meant to express their feelings.
German association of non-objective artists, founded in the Galerie Otto Stangl in Munich on 19 July 1949.
In other words, most Non-Objective artwork is based upon the assumption that a work of art, a painting for example, is worth looking at primarily because it presents a composition or organization of color, line, light, and shade.
Throughout 20th century art historical discourse, critics and artists working within the reductive or pure strains of abstraction have often suggested that geometric abstraction represents the height of a non-objective art practice, ...
non-objective - A term used to describe visual art which is not based on existing, observable forms, but rather on abstract or idealized forms, such as geometric, mathematical, imaginary, etc. Non-objective art came into existence in the early ...
Abstraction can occur in varying degrees, perhaps to the extent where you may not recognize the subject in the final product. Abstract work with no recognizable subject matter is called non-objective art.
divided into the categories of figurative and abstract, although, strictly speaking, abstract art is derived (or abstracted) from a figurative source. However, the term is usually used as a synonym for non-representational art and non-objective art, ...
 See also: Non-objective, Objective, Representational, Abstract art, Painting
  
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