In the figurative arts, the concept of abstraction takes on the meaning of “not real”.
The elements depicted do not appear as they are, their true function is concealed behind mysterious forms: art does not reproduce what is visible, but makes visible what is not so.
KN Book cutting boards draw inspiration from “Kn”, a novel by Carlo Belli, which is considered the Italian manifesto of abstract art.
Belli claimed that art should be the symbol of a new order, and, breaking away from figurative art, it should reject the very notion of reality.