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abstract art

Cultural

A trend in painting and sculpture in the twentieth century. Abstract art seeks to break away from traditional representation of physical objects. It explores the relationships of forms and colors, whereas more traditional art represents the world in recognizable images.

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Her niftiest fight sequence looks like abstract art: a stark black-and-white aerial pan of her shadow battling minions down a hallway.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

That abstract art shouldn’t be sullied by talking about things.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Diagrams of these unlikely events require onerous calculations and resemble abstract art, with arcane loops and squiggles representing hosts of virtual interactions.

From Scientific American • Aug. 10, 2023

And there’s made abstraction: Almost all other abstract art, by the likes of Agnes Martin or Donald Judd.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023

Behind a large desk, a huge piece of abstract art hung, framed against the only non-glass wall.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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