This abstract tattoo design is based on a painting by Wassily Kandinsky, an abstract artist who used geometric shapes and patterns to build his designs. The symbolism of paintings like these is highly interpretive – the artist was expressing an idea, but wishes for the viewer to create their own impression from the art work, based on their own ideas of what each symbol means.
Abstract tattoos don’t necessarily mean tattoos that look like splashes or dribbles of paint. As long as the tattoo design fits into the basic premise of abstract art, it can be classified as an abstract tattoo. Abstract tattoo designs can be made up of geometric shapes, brushwork and splashes of paint or an unusual use of painting mediums.
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