art4idiots t1_iu7we2i wrote on October 29, 2022 at 6:22 AM

Reply to comment by kevboard in Piet Mondrian artwork displayed upside down for 75 years by Superbuddhapunk

It was always really hard to pinpoint the difference between art and design. Until a wise professor told me that art asks questions and design answers them. I'll have to call her up and let her know it's even easier than that. If the orientation is obvious it's art, if it's not obvious it's design

dinodogst123 t1_iu89xd2 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 9:43 AM

What "questions" does these straight lines ask?

art4idiots t1_iu9i3j6 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:35 PM

Do we need a visually perceived reality to be the subject of a painting? Can we still represent the spiritual balance of the cosmos with the most basic of color and form?

I should probably add that abstract artists often work on series and or bodies of work that explore certain subject matter, so seeing just 1 piece in that body of work may not be enough to get the full picture of what question(s) the artist is posing. If this was the only work Mondrian ever made, no one would know his name. Frankly, this is not even close to one of his best. It's just another attempt to explore the questions he's asking