On Abstraction

The first modern artists who abandoned realism for abstraction made a dramatic break that rocked the art world. Today, artists still must make a conscious choice to make work about the visible world, or about something beyond it.

Matthew Ritchie: Abstraction is metaphysical

Painter Ellsworth Kelly in his studio, a pastel color-block painting on his left, and a paint-splattered workspace on his right

Ellsworth Kelly on Abstraction

Brice Marden: Abstract painting can take you to paradise