Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Perceptual vs. Conceptual Drawings


Perceptual drawings are drawings which stimulates a person’s eyes, nose, and other sensory organs. An example of a perceptual art which stimulates a person’s eyes is called op art (optical art). To illustrate, when we look at this optical art, our eyes get stimulated by noticing that there is a depth this particular picture. Here's an example of Edeltraud Klöpfer's optical art:

On the other hand, conceptual drawings provokes thought as a person sees the drawings will start to think a lot trying to understand the drawings. A great artist named Yayoi Kusama is well known for painting polka dots on any surface. Her artwork consists of some attributes of surrealism, pop art, abstract art, psychological content and many more. Here's an example of Yayoi Kusama's art:

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