Non- objective art

Cut Up Painting

Definition

• Art that is not representational, containing no recognizable figures or objects.

• Non-objective art does not contain a recognizable subject. Rather, the artist manipulates the elements of art (color, shape, line, form, space, value, texture) by using the principles of design (balance, repetition, unity, rhythm, proportion, harmony, variety, emphasis, movement).

• The term has become less popular, but was originally used to describe a type of abstract art.

Franz Kline

Mark Rothko

Williem de Kooning

Jackson Pollack

Wasilly Kandinsky

•Cut painting into inch squares•Lay pieces out on white

or black paper• Move until the composition looks

pleasing and balanced• May have rectangle or square

• May touch squares or space apart• May repaint squares (if needed)

Middle school examples

Beginning the process

Space squares apart or close together

Three Color Scheme

Random or in a Pattern

Examples