Jackson Pollock
Fundamental Paintings to Understand the History of Painting
One: Number 31, 1950 (1950). Jackson Pollock.
Oil and enamel paint on canvas. 2.68 m x 4.70 m
MoMA. New York.
Pollock is surely the best known and most admired exponent of Abstract Expressionism, a movement that emerged in the United States in the 1940s. A combination of abstraction with the liberation of the unconscious (a technique characteristic of Surrealism called “psychic automatism”).
Pollock “threw” the paint on the canvas, —what is called action painting— one of the techniques of Abstract Expressionism that appeals to the pure intuition of the artist.
However, Jackson Pollock actually dropped the paint, rather than throwing it violently: he developed a personal technique that characterizes him: dripping. It can be appreciated in the illustrating painting.
The artist placed the huge canvas on the floor and let his brush drip the paint. At the same time, he worked around the painting he was creating, going from one side to the other, which he said allowed him to be “immersed” in the work.
Of course, like all revolutionary artists, like all “different” artists, he had fierce detractors at the beginning, who even compared his paintings to images of spaghetti dishes.
Jackson Pollock usually used titles with numbers. This is because he did not want people to look for preconceived ideas or interpretations in his works. He expected the viewer to connect with the work for what it really is: pure painting. Pure expression, emotion and feeling poured onto the surface of the canvas.
Recommended links:
Fundamental Painters of Abstract Expressionism.
Lee Krasner, Much More than Pollock’s Wife.
Abstract Expressionism, Liberation of Emotions.
The Last Paintings of Monet: a Touch of Expressionism?
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