By Andrew Bay, UK
Countless attempts have been made to define once and for all, what Abstract Art might be. Although no final consensus on this definition will arguably ever be reached, we can more or less accept that, Abstract Art, is art, that does not set out to produce an explicit depiction of visual reality, but instead uses the raw materials of shapes, colours, forms and gestural details, to achieve its effects. Among the manifold schools of Abstract Art which flourished during the course of the XX century, Hard Edge in particular, comes to mind for the unsung heroes and groundbreaking pioneers it has produced.
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