Abstract Black Art

In its broadest sense, the word abstract is applied to any art that does not represent recognizable objects. Abstract African American or Black Art is art that departs significantly from natural appearances that are African or Black. This form of Afrocentric Art usually has modifications or changes of varying degrees in order to emphasize certain qualities or content but the subject matter remains Black or Afro-cultural. Recognizable references to the original appearances may be slight. The term is also used to describe Black art that is nonrepresentational.
This form of Ethnic art is not realistic, an image is often based on an actual subject, place, or feeling. Pure abstraction can be interpreted as any art in which the depiction of real objects has been entirel View the rest of this article