However, "abstract" is sometimes used as a synonym for non-representational art and non-objective art, i.e. art which has no derivation from figures or objects.

In 1936, he joined the alliance, a group of modern Swiss artists who campaigned for the propagation of non-representational art.

These plays and an interest in modern non-representational art led to Amalrik's first arrest in May 1965.

However, with her companion Evie Hone, she then moved to Paris, where, working under André Lhote and Albert Gleizes she encountered cubism and began an exploration of non-representational art.

This disappearance of the subject can also be seen in the theater of absence exemplified by playwrights like Beckett and Adamov, as well as in non-representational art.

The other is Esphyr Slobodkina, who, like Mr. Lassaw, remains committed to the principles of non-representational art that brought the group into being more than 60 years ago.

The way these individual elements are employed results in representational or non-representational art.

Working for the Robert Simpson Co. department store, he persuaded management to pair abstract paintings with furniture displays, thereby discovering a way to get the public to accept non-representational art.

Gilbert has become well known for his moving non-representational, contemporary abstract art.