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Friday
Sep172021

Jackson Pollock: Jack the Dripper

DateFriday, September 17, 2021 at 8:00AM

Jackson Pollock - Number 1, 1949 - 1949 - Enamel and metallic paint on canvas - 63 × 102 in (160 × 259.1 cm) - Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles (click photo for larger image)Could a painter who flung paint at canvases with a stick, who poured and hurled it to create roiling vortexes of color and line, possibly be considered "great"? 

New York's critics certainly thought so, and Pollock's pre-eminence among the Abstract Expressionists has endured, cemented by the legend of his alcoholism and his early death. The famous 'drip paintings' that Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) began to produce in the late 1940s represent one of the most original bodies of work of the century. 

“Pollock's greatness lies in developing one of the most radical abstract styles in the history of modern art, detaching line from color, redefining the categories of drawing and painting, and finding new means to describe pictorial space.” His work both embodied and transcended the modern movements that preceded him.

Join us at Dr. Jill’s online class on Pollock to find out how he got there, on Friday, Nov. 12th - 11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Click HERE to REGISTER!

You will also find out more about Jackson Pollock right HERE on What About Art?

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