Knowra Concrete art Concrete art Concrete art is nonrepresentational art made from precise geometric forms, color, and composition. Its forms are intended to exist as direct visual realities, not depictions of objects or ideas from the outside world.
Geometric abstraction : Abstract art organized around geometric shapes, lines, and structured compositions. Concrete art is a particularly strict form of geometric abstraction.
Theo van Doesburg : A Dutch artist and theorist associated with De Stijl and the formulation of concrete art. He introduced the term “concrete art” in a 1930 manifesto.
Max Bill : A Swiss artist, architect, and designer who became a leading theorist and practitioner of concrete art. His work and writing established a durable model of mathematically ordered concrete art.
Representational art : Art that depicts recognizable people, objects, places, or events. Concrete art refuses the depiction that gives this art its organizing purpose.
Concrete poetry : Poetry in which the visual arrangement of words and letters contributes directly to meaning. It applies concrete art’s emphasis on visible form to language.
Abstraction : Art that departs from depicting recognizable subjects, emphasizing form, color, or other elements. Concrete art takes abstraction toward complete independence from depicted subjects.
Art Concret : A 1930 Paris exhibition and associated group organized around Theo van Doesburg’s concrete-art ideas. This exhibition gave the emerging term a public artistic program.
Carmen Herrera : A Cuban-American painter known for sharply defined geometric compositions and restrained color. Her paintings exemplify how a few precise forms can produce powerful visual relations.
Symbolism : The use of images or signs to evoke meanings beyond their literal appearance. Concrete art claims its forms need not stand for hidden ideas or external referents.
Graphic design : The practice of arranging text and images to communicate information or ideas. Concrete-art principles offer designers a precise vocabulary of shape, contrast, and order.
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