Extreme Abstraction Revisited, published seven years after Extreme Abstraction which was featured in last week’s The Library section, extends the original ideas through the addition of contemporary artists working with color, repetition, pattern, scale, and immersive spatial experience.
The book reveals how expansive and enduring the conversation around abstraction became and frankly continues. What began as an investigation into perception evolved into a broader exploration of attention, embodiment, and experience itself.
What feels especially resonant now is the way the work recalibrates attention. These artists use abstraction to interrupt automatic looking and create a more active form of perception.
The book ultimately positions abstraction as a way of expanding awareness and resisting fixed meaning, both of which feel like a particularly good idea right now!
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