Last Friday night we had a lecture here on campus titled, “Reflections on the Nature and Value of Abstract Art,” by one of the professors here, Dr. Steve Halla. I was going to post my notes on it, but I just found this page of notes that does a much better job. So I’m going to leave it at that.
I thought the lecture was worthwhile. At the very least, it helped me to understand the broad category of abstract art and how it’s different from representational art. I had never thought of art in these terms before.
I’m going to have to start looking at abstract art with new eyes. I’m still not sure I appreciate it as much as I do more traditional forms. But at least now I have some map to look at when I see it.
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Well, I’m out of town tomorrow. I don’t think I’ll be writing anything for the next week or so.
