Art Analysis: The Scream By Edvard Munch

If people were asked to make a mental picture of a painter working on his work of art, most of them would describe it as a person with a big canvas on a stand in front of them painting the subject which they are looking at. There were two major differences in Pollock's approach to his art compared to other artists. The first major difference was that Jackson painted on the floor. The second difference was that he used a stick instead of a brush. They would say that because they are all not exposed to different types and styles of painting. For those people who do not know much about art wouldn't know the meaning of the painting or how it was created. In some instances people say to themselves, "you call this art, my little brother could

By the mid-20th Century, Abstract art was at its acme. At the same time, many critics felt that the artists had all but exhausted themselves in terms of innovation. To be unique one had to be random and chaotic—silly even. It was little surprise that many crowed about the imminent demise of Abstract art. Into this intellectual milieu, the artist Jackson Pollock came to prominence. Seemingly random and chaotic—though anything but silly—his work had no clear precedent. He would throw paint at a canvas on the ground or propped up against the wall. Though many dismissed him as a madman and a crank, eventually his work was hailed as that of a genius, and that work did much to reinvigorate the movement of Abstract Art. Had Pollock tried to simply build off of the existing art he very well may have fallen victim to the prophecy that the Abstract art movement had become effete and moribund.

Jackson Pollock was a legendary, novel, abstract expressionist who has created numerous paintings through his drip-style, action painting technique (Goodnough, 2012). Theosophical influence arose from Phillip Guston and Thomas Hart Benton, while in the early stages of the artist’s life. Muralists, such as Jose Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera were also admired and studied by Pollock. He was captivated by the unorthodox techniques of David Alfaro Siqueiros which contributed to the abstract style of Jackson Pollock (Solomon, 1987).

When Pollock was witnessed painting, people would refer to him as ‘dancing across the canvas’. Each painting was like a dance routine and he let the painting guide his hand around and around in circles until it was completed. Pollock did not like for his audience to be able to identify any trace of academic artistic quality. He was even notorious for signing his paintings by pressing the palm of his hand down onto the wet paint. It was efficient for him, especially since in his ‘drip’ paintings he would never lift a brush. What this did to his work then was no longer did he display a replica of a scene or person like most landscape and portrait artists, but instead he displayed his fluent motion.

First, Pollock was a leader. Just like W.E.B Du Bois was able to set the limits of what a secular hero is to people of color, Pollock was able to set up a record to the future of American artwork as well as international artwork (2:22). As a leader he was able to inspire younger painters known as the Abstract Expressionists (4:02). The ability to lead is one of the qualities a secular hero has, yet, in order to lead, a hero must stand up for something.

Art critic, Clement Greenberg, stated “This is frustrate… why don’t you do eight or ten of those” to jackson. Jackson’s art was a depiction of his frustration and his mental illness. The characters in ‘Frida’ and ‘Pollock’ both couldn’t have children, under different circumstances which took a big toll on their lives as it was important to them. This factor combined with the illnesses created an arduous life for the two artists, but it resulted in masterpiece paintings. Painting helped their pain by transcending it onto the canvas.

At the time, Pollack was the latest buzz and one of the highest paid artist’s in America. While we know that Rockwell appreciates abstract expressionism, we can understand his shock when he learned that such a large audience was embracing these spontaneous splatters of paint and calling it art. His work was just the opposite: it was realistic, and ever-so carefully planned and thought-out. Another way he demonstrates this is by including a checkered marble floor, which is in stark contrast to Pollock’s arrhythmic splats. However, through imagery, it is as if Rockwell is shaking Pollock’s hand, as a fellow painter in the art

Pollocks most famous painting were created by abstract. He paints with stuff like knives and sticks. He would move all around the canvas. He makes a lot more abstract painting that way. The color, texture and patterns make a great abstract painting. He spray painted a canvas with a syringe to make a unique pattern. His most famous painting sold for 150 million dollars. His work was featured in Life magazine. From 1947 to 1950, Jackson Pollock’s paintings were called the “drip period”. His most famous paintings were created during this period of his life. Once he bought his farm house, he knocked down a wall in a barn, to paint on a 20 foot canvas. Pollock never named his paintings. He used numbers instead like No. 5 1948. His paintings were published in magazines. He painted in the depression era. Roosevelt was president. Roosevelt started a public program called the Public Works of Art Project. Roosevelt hoped this program will jump start the economy. The program paid people to painting murals. Pollack and his brother, Sanford, painted murals for the program. Pollack was busy working and still drinking. He was also hospitalized in psychiatric hospital for a nervous breakdown. Two years after being hospitalized, he found Pablo Picasso’s show at the Museum of Modern Art. Picasso helped Pollock be more creative in his own

Pollock began doing all of his works in a completely abstract manner in the mid 1940s. But, after 1947 is when Pollock's most recognizable abstract works would be produced. This is when he began placing large canvases on the floor and creating his famous abstract works. On these large canvases, he started to use his "drip" technique, which was first shown to him by Siqueiro. These drip paintings were first shown in 1948. They are said to reflect both ecstasy and anxiety. After they were introduced to the world, a critic actually characterized Pollock as "Jack the Dripper". These works captivated and scared his future wife, Lee Krasner, a painter herself.

Jackson Pollock was one of the most famous modernists of the 20th Century who helped create the Abstract Expressionism movement, which has influenced artists from the mid-twentieth century through today. Pollock helped redefine modern art in the United States while inventing a new kind of painting that changed the way the world viewed art. He is known for breaking the rules of traditional canvas expression, emphasizing that technique is not of importance, but the message of the piece is what is to be valued (“Jackson Pollock Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works.”). Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming, in 1912, the fifth and youngest son of an impoverished family. His father abandoned the family and Jackson was raised by a strict and stern single mother.

Through the 1940’s and 1960’s Fried and Greenberg established the idea of the “all over” and “the optical” pertaining to Jackson Pollock’s artwork. In Pollock’s painting, Number 32, evidence of the “all over” can be seen through Pollock’s technique of throwing, dripping and even stepping all over the canvas as he creates a composition that engulfs the entire canvas. Greenberg describes “the all over” as an overwhelming sense of “sheer texture, and sheer sensation that only the eye perceives.” Looking at the full painting of Number 32, there is no focal point, no sense of movement and direction for the viewer to keep track of. The viewer is taken throughout the whole entire painting all at once. In all its parts, Pollock creates not a single

In “Pollock”, Jackson Pollock is a struggling artist whose alcoholic tendency and impulsive behavior keeps him from his true potential. In the beginning, Pollock is seen

Jackson Pollock's works are often labeled as “action painting” because you can almost imagine the actions/hand movements that went into making the painting. In Pollock’s paintings a viewer can see time passing and movement in the painting. There are many ways that Pollock achieved this, that were considered unconventional to the paintings of his time.

Aggressive and harsh, raw in colour, the texture thick and heavy as if it had been relentlessly worked and re-worked over again and again. Pictures don't have the delicacy of Pollock's. Shapes are vaguely suggestive , pressed together, brush strokes are dense

Taking following extreme cases of abstraction, when speaking of Pollock’s work such as his ”Autumn Rhythm” (1950), we realize how the visual formed is fully based on science and gravity that permits the dripping and pouring of the paint on the horizontal canvas. But, by walking around/on the canvas we can argue Greenberg’s analysis and suppose that the painter possibly connects with it, he gets drowned in the act and merges inside the painting while mechanically pouring paint on the canvas. This means that even though the painter tries to focus on the flatness of the painting rather than the content and is physically detached from the canvas, this focus cannot erase an emotional