Define Abstract Artwork. Strictly speaking, the word abstract means to separate or withdraw something from something else. [adjective] disassociated from any specific instance.
Abstract art uses shapes, forms, and colors to achieve a composition or effect. Implicit to abstract art is the notion that the work of art exists in its own right, and not necessarily as a mirror of reality. As a verb it mean to take away, to think of a quality or attribute with out thinking of a particular object or example.