Abstract forever

[Art-lover]

If there are topics on abstract artist, a separate abstract tendencies associated with abstractionism events and private matters, proper abstract art still has his residence on the forum.
With this could be tolerated if there is no question that affect this area as a whole. But they are, and what evidence have resonated online debate about whether it would not be turned into abstract art in 2011 in a dilapidated old man, doomed forever to retell the stories of the last mumble mouth youth.

From a certain point of view all the paintings are abstract. The only difference is in the form as an abstraction. And abstract art in the "au jus" - is not accidental, superficial phenomenon, implanted in the art of ideology and worn-out natural fruit history of painting. In turn, understanding the experience of abstract painting has led to a deeper vision of the historical vicissitudes of the fine arts.
"Advanced" experts often say: What's the difference - figurative or not, would be a good picture. It's true, but not all: reducing the problems of abstract art to the general judgments about art, we impoverish our perception of abstract art and lose sight of the moments that are important for understanding the fate of art in general.

Such, in brief, raison d'être (reason) for this topic.
I see this topic as a container for unaffiliated research and other materials, familiarity with which could make the discussion of abstract art more meaningful.

Today abstraction is seen as one exhausted itself an archaic genre, others view him as an abyss of undisclosed potentialities, promising him a new takeoff.
Who is right? To avoid projections devised a convenient cliché: "The future will tell."
We can only wish the fans of abstract art (and myself among them) that when the future comes, Adorno's words, "art - the promise of happiness, which is never executed" would not sound like much consolation. ))