Jean Claude Kabongo indicates that this non-figurative, art uses different codes in its realization as well as the senses and the imagination of those who look at it.

The goal is not to copy reality, nor to create one, but to create a visual experience and to feel emotions.

Definition of abstraction

Jean Claude Kabongo points out that abstraction is opposed to figuration. Figurative art is what one can observe in most museums: works composed of a subject, characters, decor, while an abstract composition does not show anything directly understandable.

“Indeed, abstract painting does not represent anything in particular that is to say that its content is not only to look at but to feel, to discover with its emotions,” says Jean Claude Kabongo.

Anyone can appreciate a painting of still life, portrait, or historical scene, while the abstract is more aimed at an intellectual setting, where wit and imagination are more important.

Moreover, abstract art does not exist only for painting since there is also abstract sculpture, drawings, abstract images.

Jean Claude Kabongo shares that with abstract painting, each person forges a link with the work of his own. By not seeking to imitate reality, non-figurative art calls for the imagination and tastes of everyone.