Art has remained important because it is one way to chronicle the lives of people living throughout history. While science and its facets are very important to our survival, art has remained to be the reason why we survive. It gives life meaning and without this meaning, there really is no point of surviving.
Famous painting and the artistic movement started getting famous in Europe and started to be carried out in America. While realism and symbolism are very anatomy based artistic movements, abstract painting started to catch on. One interesting thing about
LA abstract paintings is how they just keep evolving throughout time.
What makes an abstract piece stand out from among others is composition. This is true to all types of art, but can be quite difficult to determine in this case, technically speaking. Not only does its aesthetic rely on color choice but also on so many unsuspected shapes and concepts.
The thing with abstraction is that there is no concrete life form visual and accurate representation that immediately makes the subject recognizable, if even there is a subject at all. Abstract in its essence is a matter of composition consisting of well placed shapes and colors. While this may be true it does not stop it from holding so much meaning and life.
Take a Picasso, for example. One of his greatest and most famous works is the Guernica. This is one way of him relaying his political opinions during the time of war. Specifically, this was about the victims of the bombing by the Nazi that occurred at the civil war in Spain. The shapes and even facial expressions perfectly portrayed the grief and loss that was evident during that point in Spanish history.
More contemporary artists are meant to do really good in galleries found in Los Angeles. This is because art movements and new or evolved perspectives are still being valued. Not that it is not valued anywhere else either. The crowd and culture is just so much diverse. Look for the weird and the crazy instead of the plain and technical.
As a buyer choose something with a good story, apart from what strikes a cord in your head or heart. Buy the weird and unusual ones if it seems fit for your personality and go all out. Be careful with what you buy though, while there are installations and paintings that can cost a lot, they can still be made by people who are merely doing it for the shock factor.
It does not make sense that a painting is considered phenomenal based on who made it and not how it was made and how much effort and heart was given to it. This does not only extend to painted pieces but also to sculptures and installations. These contemporary pieces are more often than not lazy and pretentious.
Let us face it, it makes you question if there really is still some cultural significance to what is being displayed. This is not to say that all abstracts are random and just drips of paint and a composition of shapes. You can check out a Pollock piece and realize that the intricacies of its fractals and patterns create a mathematical pattern. Then again looking at art technically is a matter of study. It takes experience and genuine interest to actually see what is good and what is pretentious.