Abstraction

Abstraction fits in between representational art and nonrepresentational art. Abstract art is art that shows hits of realism but usually can't be see by a person's eye. Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri's Two Dancing Men doesn't really tell a story when you first look at it, but the realism behind it is there. The two men are drawn in the center facing the circled ant hill. There is a cow on the top to signify a farm. There are also white feathers used to show a celebratory dance. All of these ideas can be seen in a realistic world which makes the painting abstract.