The clear difference lies in the subject matter chosen. If the artist begins with a subject from reality, the artwork is considered to be abstract. If the artistis creating withno reference to reality, then the work is considered to be non-objective. Representational, Abstract, Non Representatio...
Long before the term ''non-objective'' was coined, humans were already creating non-representational geometric artwork. Some of the oldest artwork of this kind can be found in caves and other archaeological sites and was likely created by our human ancestors more than 70,000 years ago. A goo...