Helen Frankenthaler, "Mountains and the Sea"
Nonobjective art is similar to abstraction, but rather than only simplifying objects, it only shows shapes. These shapes are not simplified natural forms, they are shapes with no object reference and no subject matter suggestion. This painting was made by dripping paint across a canvas and letting it move around and soak on its own to form shapes. Frankenthaler was known for letting the paint move where it wanted and then naming the piece by what she thought the shapes looked like when it was complete.
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