For this assignment you are to focus

For this assignment you are to focus on the ways in which abstract art can make meaning . As we will have discussed , “abstract ” art is usually defined by reference to the absence of any method of picturing some object from the real world , and thus is often defined against “realism .” This definition , however , privileges picturing as a method of constructing meaning in the visual arts at the expense of other forms of signification , including indexical references to the artist and other subjects , the significance of “deformed ‘ or “unformed objects , the suggestiveness of color, etc. For this paper, you will take one work where the subject is pictured and another work that fits the conventional descriptions of “abstract art” and do a comparative analysis that reveals how the abstract work constructed its references to subjects in the real world . A big part of the trick for this assignment will be to pick a work of pictorial art that makes for a good comparison . Don’t just pick two random works of art -think about how the work of pictorial art suggests avenues for the interpretation of the abstract work. The art pieces: Abstract Victorian realism Time: Contemporary