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Abstraction

Abstract art can be thought of as images that do not represent reality. Where do ideas for abstract art come from? Completely from the imagination? Yes, sometimes. But abstraction can also be found in real life. Look at these photographs below - they have not been manipulated in any way, just cropped in a way to push them towards abstraction. Click on the pictures to see the full image.

Where is this intense red color coming from?


What are these 3 distinct textures?


What's that shaggy thing dwarfing that small flag?


A circular shape, is it a machine or architecture?


Another round shape, another mystery ...


What's that shaggy green stuff?


It's a shadow, but of what?


What are these colorful bubble-like shapes?