Artistic reality of abstract expressionism

The article describes qualities of artistic reality, such as subjectivism, conventionality, sensory and physical representation, clearness, superutility, axiological and semiotic character. The author analyses a number of modern approaches to abstract art understanding in preference to psychoanalytical school represented in the works of surrealists and abstract expressionists. The author makes an attempt to analyze difficulties in artistic perception of this artistic product stating woken intellect, activity, aiming for dialog and image co-authorship as recipient's attributive abilities.