“The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.”

The quote from the computer scientist and mathematician, Edsger Dijkstra gives us another way to think about abstraction much in the same way artists have allowed us to see the world in a different way. From work based on the material world, your inner life, transient feelings or a purely non-objective approach Core Art Space invites you to participate in this fresh take on abstract art.

Juror, Michael Paglia, an art and architecture critic, wrote a weekly column for Westword, Denver's alternative weekly, for 25 years. He taught in the art history department at the University of Colorado at Denver and has authored several books and monographs. He also worked on arts programming for Denver's Channel 12, a local PBS station. In 2023, he received a Colorado Governor's Award for the Arts.

Abstraction is Ambiguous, Oil, Graphite on Cradled Panel, 35 x 47 inches, 2024