STYLES

ART

Abstract
• Abstract art, also known as concrete art or non-
objective art, can be defined as a style wherein
the artwork takes an element from the real world
and represents it using shapes, colors, forms,
and gestural marks but detached from it truest
form.
• Objects are represented by shapes and
gestural marks while colors symbolize
emotions.
• This art style is a non-objective, non-
representational form of art that seeks to
replicate the essence of the objects from real
life in a simplified or reorganized way in order
to highlight the artists' interpretation of reality.
 Spherical Revelation -

Peisy Ting Sea Breath - Diana Malivani

Figurative

• Figurative art is the art of realistic representation

 and has been the goal of art-making since
ancient times.
• Traditionally, figurative artists strove to create
works that were derived from real object
sources and often depicted human figures.
• It is regarded as what contrasts abstract art - art
that does not employ recognizable motifs - also
known as non
representational art.
Thimkaeo Scene #24 (From Here to Eternity) – Simon Ng

Geometric
• Geometric art is artwork rendered through the use
of geometric forms made out of points, lines,
angles, and shapes. • This art style uses a range of
geometric shapes from a simple triangle, square,
and circle to complex shapes that requires math to
create them.
• Unlike the natural form of organic shapes,
geometric shapes favor precision and may
even require using tools like a straight-edge
or compass.
 C No. 3b - Wan Yang

Order - Tetsuya Fukushima

Minimalist

• Minimalism constitutes of a school of abstraction

 devoid of personal expression – or at least
where personal expression is kept to a
minimum.
• Geometric lines meet a tangent of the utmost
simplicity, and forms deliberately lack
expressive content.
• What drives minimalist artists in creating what
Frank Stella describes as “what you see is what
you see”, is the belief that art, in all its essence
and glory, should not refer to anything but itself.
 Saint marc study -

Alexandre Manuel OO - Ross Rudel

Nature

• Nature art finds its inspiration in the elements of

 nature, such as landscapes, gardens, animals,
and people.
• Nature art is accessible across a variety of
mediums like painting, drawing, and
photography, and this popularity has only
increased with the advancement of digital
technology.
• The depiction of this art style has enjoyed
acceptance across modern and abstract forms to
traditional interpretations.
 Fairyland G-I (W) -

Guang-Yu Zhang
Exploring in the secret - Zue Chan

Pop

• One might describe Pop Art as the genre that

 “popped up” over the course of post-war
America and Britain during the mid to
late 1950s.
• Distinctively derived from popular and mass
culture, artists in this movement sought to
explore re-imaginations of commercial
imageries.
• Moreover, it gave way to certain accessibility in
approaching art from the perspective of
viewers; simplified, recognizable subjects
allowed people to digest the artworks in this
movement in a less high-brow manner.
e in Tokyo #1 - Pariwat Anantachina

Portraiture
• Portraiturecan be broadly defined as a
presentation of the likeness,
character, beauty, status, or essence of a
particular person.
• This ancient art style has evolved over
5000 years across mediums like
paintings, drawings, and sculptures to
photography and even video portraits.
• Another form of portraiture is self-portrait - a
representational or an abstract or symbolic self
depiction by the artist.
Falling To Far - Kathrin Longhurst

Still life
• Still
life art is exactly what it says - art that
depicts still or inanimate objects.
These objects could be man-made or natural
objects such as food, flowers, game, tableware,
and so on.
• On the dark side, the object depicted could
also be a dead person. These extreme
representations lend a time-tested depth to
this art style - celebrating material pleasures
of the world or the stark truth of the short-
lived existence of these pleasures and
human life.
Human Food_6 - Pan Mengmei

Surrealist
•A movement that started in the 1920s, Surrealism
 sought to tap into the unconscious mind,
thus revealing a juxtaposition of
irrational imageries.
• Surrealist imagery is one of the most distinct
characteristics of Surrealism.
• A key quote derived from the Surrealist movement
is that of André Breton’s, a French writer and
poet. He stated Surrealism as a “psychic
automatism in its pure state, by which one
proposes to express - verbally, by means of the
written word, or in any other manner - the actual
functioning of thought.” What Breton implied was
how artists could disregard rational thinking
by tapping into their
unconscious mind.
o Stream suit - kiatanan iamchan

Typography
• Typography is an art style that uses an existing or
a new typeface to arrange text in an
endeavor to convey a message. • A
typeface is a way of designing letters of
alphabet to express a specific style, feeling, brand
identity, or just to help readability. • Typography
evolved with growth in the print industry and today
you can find typography every where - street sighs,
posters, books, and internet. This art style is a
fundamental aspect of modern art and design.
 Please Stand Up

'Majulah Singapura' # 2
Epic - Aji Yudalaga

Urban
• Urban art is used to describe artworks originating
from urban environments and often created by
 artists living in these urban spaces or
cities depicting city life and experiences.
• This art style addresses the urban lifestyle
and spaces while also focusing on the negative
aspects of urbanization and its impact like
poverty, displacement, environment, etc. •
Frenetic City_31 - Zhou HanShun