Abstract Art by Stephanie Straine

Abstract Art is a book with a lively introduction that tells the ever-evolving story of abstract art, tracing its history from the early 1900s right up to the present day. Abstract art quickly became a global phenomenon, changing the face of modern and contemporary art. Stephanie Straine weaves accounts of well-known pioneers with fascinating insights into lesser-known ground-breakers from across the world. Although abstraction in art is often associated with vagueness or the forbiddingly theoretical, for many artists the abstract represents pure simplicity.