Minimal art, also called ABC art, is the culmination of reductionist tendencies in Modern art that f irst surfaced in the 1913 composition by the Russian painter Kasimir Malevich of a black square on a white ground. Encyclopedia Britannica, in minimalism. 01 I created abstract line, circle and square drawings from my own photographs to demonstrate the abstraction found in our everyday realities. These are juxtaposed with quotations showing how we use the words line, circle and square in our language, together with quotations about abstraction and reality in art. This project was inspired by the exhibition Adventrures of the Black Square shown at the Whitechapel Gallery 15th Janaury to 6th April 2015 and the related social media campaign #abstracteverywhere which encouraged people to photograph adstract shapes discovered in the environment around them. Helen Taranowski, June 2015 02 03 The abstract nature of reality is the source of beauty. William DeRaymond 04 Line Sensitivity and money are like parallel lines. They don’t meet. Ang Lee 8 09 What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality Max Beckmann 10 11 They say stay in the lines, but there’s always something better on the other side. John Mayer 12 13 Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery, rather than obvious description. Robert Genn 16 Circle Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace. Albert Schweitzer 20 21 If I choose abstraction over reality, it is because I consider it the lesser chaos Robert Brault 22 23 We can’t return we can only look behind. From where we came. And go ‘round and ‘round and ‘round. In the circle game. Joni Mitchell 24 25 The goal of abstract art is to communicate the intangible, that which eludes the photograph and normal seeing. Curtis Verdun 28 Square It’s the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. Gerald R Ford 32 33 In every landscape should reside jewels of abstract art waiting to be discovered. Melissa Brown 34 35 They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square. Willie Stargell 36 37 There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. Pablo Picasso 38 colophon Design, photography and illustrations by Helen Taranowski. PG Cert Design for Visual Communication, LCC, 2015. Set in Futura bold and Avante Go typefaces. Digitally printed on xxxxxxxx paper by xxxxxxxxx 40