Artistic Jargon
I ALWAYS find it very curious whenever I hear references to the category of Modern Art that is so oddly described as "abstractly representational". In theory, this visual monstrosity is said to be the creation of non-physical visualisations or models that communicate ideas or concepts that lack “real-world” counterparts. Although this particular form of aesthetics is simultaneously portrayed as "non-representational," I fail to see how something considered "abstract" can be anything other than "non-representational". After all, unless they had fallen into a large vat of sulphuric acid and lived to tell the tale it would be impossible to delineate somebody's physical appearance as "non-representational". Would such a person be "abstractly representational," I wonder? If so, just what would he or she be representing in their peculiarly "abstract" fashion? Jellification, perhaps, alongside a remarkable ability to blend in at children's parties. Saying that, there is nothing "abstract" when it comes to social wobbling. People like Henry Kissinger made an entire career out of it; hauling their formless, "non-representational" selves all over the world in a quest for global domination. Or "abstract diplomacy," as I prefer to call it.


