I went to the Tate Modern yesterday, with someone very dear to me. I hadn’t met her for quite a few years so it was quite a reunion. We had a great time, I got to see Pollock again, and the Rothko room. There was Picabia but unfortunately you needed to pay to go in. [...]
The Last Dance
In Jackson Pollock’s hands, paint took on the delicacy, power, and variety of a human form. He laid it on with care, in dabs of black and skeins of intense color. He let it run off as he circled a canvas, as if it flowed from the motion of his body. On that enormous scale, [...]
Happy Birthday Jackson Pollock
Not many people know this but Jackson and I share the same birthday. To commemorate this, here is a little piece about him. “When I am in my painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing. It is only after a sort of “get acquainted” period that I see what I have been about. [...]
Jackson Pollock – Before Blue Poles
Jackson Pollock ‘Blue Poles: Number 11, 1952′ enamel and aluminium paint with glass on canvas, Collection of the National Gallery of Australia © Jackson Pollock, 1952/ARS. Licensed by VISCOPY, Sydney 2002 The abstract paintings of the American artist Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) are among the highest achievements of 20th-century art. During an unparalleled period of creativity [...]
Who the Fuck is Jackson Pollock?
Who the Fuck is Jackson Pollock? (usually displayed as Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? due to the profanity in the title) is a documentary following a woman named Teri Horton, who purchased a painting from a thrift store for $5, later to find out that it may be a Jackson Pollock painting. According to [...]
