abstracts

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Richter, 94, is known for experimenting with ways to refresh traditional painting categories, including portraits, still lifes and abstracts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

He abstracts the written text, creating space between the characters and their lines.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

First, he used computational text analysis to find recurring themes in journal abstracts about the current state of atmospheric water cycle research.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024

From there, he obtained replicas of the paintings in 2015 and sold those to a buyer in France before trying to sell the two fake abstracts on eBay.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

As a moral declaration the old truism seems perfectly true, and yet because it abstracts, because it generalizes, I can’t believe it with my stomach.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien