Art As A Driving Force For The Abstract Of Art

Jackson Pollock was not known for painting images, that's because he didn't use a brush He believed the brush would interfere with the dripping of the paint. Instead Jackson used a stick to pour paint onto the canvas. He would change the color, type of paint, and the thickness of the paint as the work progressed. Therefore, the painting would reflect the movements of his arm and body as he applied the paint. The activity of the painting would become part of the painting itself. That style of painting is called action painting. Jackson Pollock was the first "all-over" action painted just like Cernuschi stated on page 67 in his book Meaning and Significance, "He painted no image, just action." It looked like Pollock almost imitated a dance. Pollock dripped paint all over the canvas, but always had total control of where the splash of paint would be. That is how he got his nickname "Jack the

My perception of The Legacy of Jackson Pollock relates to my practice through the concept of regenerating materials to create artwork, while also regarding how Pollock’s work engages with an audience through his application of medium, showing spatial awareness through his method of creating.

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.

     Art, in each and every form that it comes in, shows us who we are. Our

Can you imagine being famous for throwing paint onto a canvas? Jackson Pollock is famously known for his “drip paintings.” During his childhood, not having a father may have been a reason for him loving art so much. Being famous led to drinking habits that Pollock could not control. His marriage fell apart after his paintings stopped selling.

Abstract Expressionism began in the 1940s and the 1950s in New York after World War II from the ideas of Surrealism about art that looks to examining the unconscious mind, and the feelings people hold that makes us all humans. Through the discussion of Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) by Jackson Pollock, I will define Abstract Expression and why this work is part of this movement. Then, through the discussion of Canyon by Robert Rauschenberg, Target with Plaster Casts by Jasper Johns, and Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol, I will explain Assemblage and Pop Art and why each of these works belong to those movements.

Luiseno Native artist James Luna’s performance of, The Artifact Piece (1987) confronts anthropological museums in their post-colonial precepts of the Indian “other”. In the performance of The Artifact Piece, Luna shares with the viewer that he himself is a living human artifact. Bringing into question why institutions as such continue to perpetuate and objectify Native Indigenous people as extinct artifacts, compared to dinosaur bones. His performance clearly created a crack into Eurocentric ideologies of early American Indians as separate and distant, to that of present day Native American Indians. In La Nostalgia: The Artifact, another performance by Luna. He explains “They have our stuff.” and “It’s all about the past, as if we don’t live in the present. Until they saw me…”.” In this performance he tells the viewer’s “Take a picture with a real Indian.” Sometimes Luna is in Native dress and sometimes he is in contemporary clothing. This then gives the audience a visual evidence that he is a living Indian of this space and time. As Jean Fisher put it in a 1992 Art Journal article, Luna’s work did not simply threaten to return a controlling gaze: rather, she wrote, the presence “of the undead Indian of colonialism . . . and the possibility that he may indeed be watching and listening disarms the voyeuristic gaze and

One way this cultural identity is expressed is through art. Jackson Pollock was a revolutionary in the art industry. Pollock is known for making it possible for American paintings to compete with their European opposition. Pollock introduced many new styles to the art world three of which were known as “drip

But fame was not good for Pollock. Having troubles with close friends and the public he instead, went back to drinking heavily. Concerned for “Pollock's well-being, Krasner called on Pollock's mother to help. Her presence helped to stabilize Pollock, and he began to paint again” (Biography.com). He completed his masterpiece, The Deep, during this period. But as the demand from collectors for Pollock's art grew, so too did the pressure he felt, and with it his alcoholism. “Overwhelmed with Pollock's needs, Krasner was also unable to work. Their marriage became troubled, and Pollock's health was failing (John Seed). By 1956, he had quit painting, and his marriage was basically ruined. Krasner left for Paris to give Pollock space. “Just after 10 p.m. on August 11, 1956, Pollock, who had been drinking, crashed his car into a tree less than a mile from his home. Pollock was thrown 50 feet into the air and into a birch tree. He died immediately”

Jackson Pollock, the American Cowboy Jackson Pollock is arguably the most renowned American artist. He helped foster the first explicitly American art movement, and his painting, Number 17A, ranks fifth on the chart of most expensive paintings ever sold. So how does Jackson Pollock, a man from Cody, Wyoming, become a celebrated artist at the center of the abstract expressionism movement? Simply put, by appealing to the American character.

Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming, in 1912, the fifth and youngest son of an impoverished family. His father abandoned the family and he was raised by a strict and tough single mother. In 1928 they moved to Los Angeles, where Pollock enrolled at Manual Arts High School. There he came under the guidance of Frederick John de St. Vrain Schwankovsky, a “painter and illustrator who was a member of the Theosophical Society, a group that promoted metaphysical spirituality” (O’Conner). Schwankovsky provided Pollock with basic training in drawing and painting, introduced him to European modern art, and encouraged his interest in theosophical literature. Those theosophical ideas prepared Pollock for his later interests in Surrealism and psychoanalysis.

Born in the state of Wyoming in 1912, to be later deemed as the, “Most powerful painter in contemporary America”, Jackson Paul Pollock, the “action painter”, was born. (1). Though Pollock had a rough childhood including an empty upbringing and numerous changes in residence across the United States, in the end, it all in the influenced his style of art. After moving to New York City in the 1930s, Pollock worked with numerous surrealists, muralists and others who influenced and shaped Pollock’s mature style and an era he opened the audience’s mind to, an era called, Abstract Expressionism.(2). Abstract Expressionism was an era that embraced a variety of individual styles, freedom of techniques, use of large canvases and a

The dominant figure that steered the course of the Abstract Expressionist movement was the infamous painter Jackson Pollock. He was born Paul Jackson Pollock in Cody, Wyoming on January 28, 1912. He was the fifth and youngest son and grew up in Arizona and California after his family left him when he was a little over one year old. Pollock's artistic journey began at the Manual Arts School in Los Angeles, California where he joined two of his brothers. From there, he went on to New York to attend the Art Students' League after being convinced by one of his brothers whom also attended the school.

The history of art dates back to ancient times. Artwork can be, and was, found around the world. What makes art interesting is that it can be created in any way, shape or form with any materials. It seems that the artwork can also tell us a lot about the artist. Art seems to be simply, a direct, visual reflection of the artist’s life. Therefore, one can assume that an artist’s life experiences and beliefs directly influence their art. If we look at examples from different periods of art we will be able to see the connection between the artist and the art.