Typically, his works lack narrative and stress visual abstraction.

He was fascinated by the degree of visual abstraction that can be applied to a subject without destroying its recognizability, and reiterated his belief in the power of symbolism to convey meaning.

Abstract comics are comics that combine concepts of visual abstraction with the traditional continuity of the comic strip.

(It seems she never met a visual abstraction she much liked.)

Perhaps because the composer understood that there were still insurmountable barriers between painting and music; he grasped the limits of the analogy between visual abstraction and his own freeing of dissonance.

Visual abstraction: African artworks tend to favor visual abstraction over naturalistic representation.

The juxtaposition seems to emphasize the fact that the grid and the cartoon are opposite extremes; both are forms of visual abstraction, the one often criticized as elitist while the other is considered vulgar.

Sebastian Spreng's paintings demonstrate the essence of simplicity, visual abstractions of form and color; however, upon close examination it is quite evident that technically they are anything but simple.

The visual abstraction of African art was very influential in the works of modernist artist like Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Jacques Lipchitz.

Each traces a narrative in linear fashion, unimpeded by modernist visual abstractions or temporal dislocations.