Josh Munson
10-63 Jackson Avenue
"What distinguishes, among other things, man from the beasts is this capacity for abstraction. All forms of communication are abstractions from the whole context of reality. " - On the humanism of abstraction: The Artist Speaks, by Robert Motherwell. Page 250.
I've never been incredibly interested in creating abstract art. To me, it seemed pretentious. I understood abstraction as a way of obfuscating a message. What I have come to understand, however, is abstraction seeks to do the opposite. Despite its foreign feeling, abstraction really seeks to strip away the excess and condense a meaning into a simpler form.
As this quote points out, anytime we try to convey a thought to another person we cut stuff out. Each thought is based on an unknown number of assumptions, linked to subconscious desires, and attached to a host of murky feelings. It wouldn't be effective to try and convey all of that every time you want to communicate an idea to someone.
You can check out the original photograph compared to the final image here - www.instagram.com/p/BOIPCPUBsBZ
If you want this image printed - www.munsonimages.com/works/10-63-jackson-avenue/
10-63 Jackson Avenue
"What distinguishes, among other things, man from the beasts is this capacity for abstraction. All forms of communication are abstractions from the whole context of reality. " - On the humanism of abstraction: The Artist Speaks, by Robert Motherwell. Page 250.
I've never been incredibly interested in creating abstract art. To me, it seemed pretentious. I understood abstraction as a way of obfuscating a message. What I have come to understand, however, is abstraction seeks to do the opposite. Despite its foreign feeling, abstraction really seeks to strip away the excess and condense a meaning into a simpler form.
As this quote points out, anytime we try to convey a thought to another person we cut stuff out. Each thought is based on an unknown number of assumptions, linked to subconscious desires, and attached to a host of murky feelings. It wouldn't be effective to try and convey all of that every time you want to communicate an idea to someone.
You can check out the original photograph compared to the final image here - www.instagram.com/p/BOIPCPUBsBZ
If you want this image printed - www.munsonimages.com/works/10-63-jackson-avenue/