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The Technical Term is... Figurative
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The Independent - London
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March 17, 2000
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Copyright informationCopyright 2000 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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WHEN I was a child, I knew that there was abstract painting, but I
didn't know what you called painting that wasn't abstract. And of
course this was a practical problem for art people early in the 20th
century, when abstract painting arrived. Painting that looked like
something, previously just "painting", was now a sub-class of
painting. Non-abstract? A more positive term was needed. They came up
with the horrible word "representational". And eventually I came
across that word too, and it was a great relief. Then later
I met "figurative".
"Figurative" is a tricky one. You may see advertised "an
exhibition of recent figurative paintings" or hear speculation about
"a revival of figurative ...
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