When applied to artArt refers to a diverse range of human intellectual and expressive activities and the outcomes of those activities. Within this context art is further defined..., it usually refers to work which is not representational. Abstract art is concerned with ideas that are drawn away from everyday reality and given expression. The artist's starting point is sometimes based on aspects of reality but is often concerned with the depiction of ideas that have no basis in everyday reality. Work that is recognisably drawn from real life is sometimes called ‘semi abstract’.