Visitors to the Museum of Modern Art in New York look at a painting by abstract artist Jackson Pollock. Abstraction gave artists a new level of freedom to experiment with artistic methods and allowed these artists to reshape the traditional meaning of what “art” was. Early abstract artists working during the late 19th and early 20th centuries used color, form, shape, and line to create paintings, sculptures, and drawings that purposefully felt independent from identifiable objects, landscapes, and people.

While realist art tries to put forward a depiction of actual reality, abstract art strives for the exact opposite. Read on to learn more about different types of abstract art - from cubism to surrealism, marbling to abstract organic - and which styles are being reinterpreted for contemporary design, as well as how you can use abstract images in your own designs. Here are ten types of abstract art you should know and use in your designs. Abstract art can seem eccentric, but it’s way more useful than you think.

Abstract 3d artwork