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Abstract art painter? Yess! Check the level of this exhibition

Exhibiting my abstract art in a fabulous place. When I was a kid I wondered what the future would be like. I never, ever imagined I would exhibit my abstract art paintings in Soria. But unthinkable things simply happen, and thanks to my wife and her passionate courage, I showed some of my abstract paintings at this unbeatable contemporary art exhibition! These are some of the photos taken during the …Read More

Black & white abstract painting. An inexhaustible powerful combination (I)

Abstract art paintings: contemporary and modern art artists. When there´s value in an abstract artwork you will appreciate its visual power even if the artist only used black and white. Kandinsky, Klee, Mondrian, Pollock, and many other outstanding abstract artists, at some point of their careers created unforgettable abstract paintings using a black and white combination. We currently live in a world dominated by technology, computers and color TV, which …Read More

Abstract art painting: Space Occupancy #18 by Antonio Basso

New abstract painting by Antonio Basso. Some of my abstract art collectors and readers (to whom I dedicate this article) tell me they enjoy when I write about a new abstract painting explaining the whole creative process. This post shows you the process of one of my latest abstract paintings that belongs to the series Space Occupancies (find more info about the origen of this abstract series in the following …Read More

Space Occupancies | Antonio Basso´s new abstract paintings

Abstract paintings During these past few months I´ve been working on a new abstract art concept I name “Space Occupancies”. How did it start?… I was having coffee in a terrace near MACBA (Barcelona´s modern art museum) and suddenly started watching a building in front of me that did not let me see what was behind it, though I could sense it by watching its surroundings. The more I looked, …Read More

New abstract art painting. How did it happened?

Antonio Basso´s new abstract art painting. The history of this new abstract art painting goes as follows: 1. José de Ibarra, a prestigious contemporary art gallerist, art dealer and owner of an exclusive art gallery guide, comes to my studio for the first time; likes what he sees, and asks me to make bigger abstract art paintings. He believes the results will be good. I agree… This post as many previous …Read More

Abstract and contemporary art: Maximum expression and maximum intervention (part I)

Really very interesting abstract artists artworks     This post is about abstract and contempary art artworks. It deals with a very interesting art classification I am developing and would like you to help me go forward. This post as many previous ones collapsed some time ago!. Sorry. You will not be able to see the images but you can still enjoy the links, take a look at the artists …Read More

Interesting Abstract Artists: color, lines, geometry and beauty

Unique abstract artists (sXX and XXI) Since time inmemorial, straight and non straight lines combined with color have been a focus theme used by abstract artists. I have seen quite ancient micronesian and african art examples of the above, but it is in the XXth century when modern abstract artists creativity sploites and the use of lines and color to describe space, form, feelings, environments, or simply to synthesize, gets …Read More

Contemporary abstract art: implosions and explosions

Modern Abstract Art: videos, paintings, sculpture and photography Last week, many examples of abstract art implosions and explosions showed up in my computer screen. It´s curious because I did not search them!. They just appeared so I decided to make this interesting post full of alternative contemporary art examples. Let´s start with this fabulous colorful and full on movement abstract paintings by Mark Schoening. I found this intriguing contemporary artist …Read More

Understanding Contemporary and Modern Abstract Art

Contemporary abstract art based on inner primitivism. When I first saw the following colorful pictures made by Hans Silvester I said to myself that I had finally understood the basis of my contemporary abstract art. As you are about to see, these Ethiopian Tribus de L´Omo people are still close to nature, which is the same as being close to their inner origens, something humanity is loosing. As time goes …Read More

Contemporary art: space, color and shape

Conceptual and abstract modern art. Since the very beginning artists have worked around three main concepts: space, color and shape. The arrival of modern art, contemporary art, abstract art, visual art (you name it…), allowed artists to stay away from traditional “rules” while being able to add additional themes to their art works: texture, concept, emotions, objects, movement. But … What happens when a modern/contemporary abstract artist armonically integrates shape, …Read More

Modern abstract painting: Abstract art step by step

Tie #11. New abstract creation by Antonio Basso This post is about a new abstract painting I´ve been working on for the last two and a half weeks. Yes, sometimes it takes time to finish a good abstract art work! Each abstract painting I make is not finished until it is. What does this mean? My experience tells me that the decision is mainly unconscious (at least apparently). When a …Read More