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Realism VS Abstraction

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Realism VS Abstraction

Design , color useage, space making, composition, content, form are all the same in a good piece of art. Art is art. Chuck Close never produced a single "realistic piece and picasso never abstracted a piece of art. Realism must go through the eyes, brain and nervous system before it pops out. In other words the distillation process is the same for all art. What is realism? I don't know, but once picasso took on the topic. He held up a photograph of his daughter, and asked a reporter if the picture was realistic? The repoter answered "yes" and Picasso replied "Funny I don't remember my daughter being so small. " I don't consider myself to be a realist or an abstractionist, I am just an artist doing what I can.