They, too, use the formal elements, yet in a radically different way. Meanings in non-objective painting can be hard to discern on a first look, and certain works are confusing after one hundred looks, even for art historians and critics. Next time you are at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Louvre in Paris, or UW-Madison s own Elvehjem Museum, try looking at the paintings using the ladder technique. Of course, there are many other ways to look at a painting, too. That s what s great about art.
Different works mean different things to different people.
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