It’s been more than a century since abstraction emerged as a major genre in the annals of 20th century… It remains an important aspect of contemporary art & prime examples,both historical and new ,can be found in at NYC’s premier art museums, including MOMA… The Metropolitan Museum of art, the guggenheim & the Whitney… Abstraction’s roots go back to the 19th century & the emergence of art for art’s sake,A philosophy which argued for the idea that painting and sculpture should free itself from naturalism to concentrate on the substance of art itself, material texture, composition, line, tone & colour…