I still remember when I saw the first time an Abstractionism painting many many years ago, I wondered 'what is the point?' I have never managed to appreciate them.
I went into Albertina in Vienna earlier.... partly involuntarily. At least for the sections I visited, the museum contains a good variety of paintings in the last century including Monet and Picasso.
Interestingly, the one I spent most time on is this one, called 'Face in a landscape'. I am not sure whether it is officially classified as Abstractionism (as there seem to be many -isms). But it does have the 'what is the point?' effect on me.
I cannot help wonder why I looked at it for so long. On reflection, the vague image is like the Tavistock experience to me. Like this piece, the experience is to create white space for individuals to make their own sense or to surface own assumptions. The key difference is that the latter is about how people behave in group an