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“Nonobjective creation” is not only a movement or a tendency in painting, but also a new ideology.
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The statement presents “Nonobjective creation” as more than a style or direction within painting. It describes it as an ideology: a broader set of ideas or principles, not merely a way of making art. The distinction gives the term wider importance than a movement limited to painting.
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