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Jackson Pollack inspiration: painterly denim design

11 Friday Apr 2014

Posted by meappropriatestyle in art history notes, art influence - fashion, art speak, denim-wear, inspiration

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Abstract Expressionist Movement, abstract imagery, Diego Rivera, Jackson Pollock, Joan Miro, Jose Clemente Orozco, painterly denim, Salvador Dali, Surrealism

Paul Jackson Pollack

was an American artist integral to the post WWII

Abstract Expressionist Movement.

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He was born in Wyoming, USA and spent

parts of his childhood in Arizona and California.

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Failing to complete his high school career,

he left the west , travelled east and

commenced study of painting

at the Arts Students’ League (1929).

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Pollack was influenced by the Mexican muralist painters and Surrealism.

By the mid 1940s his creative aesthetics was generally defined as

abstract and specifically identified by his ‘drip/splash’ paint techniques.

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(image from swide.com):

diego-rivera-mural, mexico

by Diego Rivera, Mexican muralist (active 1922 – 1953)

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(image from now.dartmouth.ed):

orozco mural

 mural by Mexican realist painter Jose Clemente Orozco

in situ at Dartmouth College, USA

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joan miro Harlequins-Carnival-1924

Harlequin’s Carnival (1924 -19250,  by impressionist painter Joan Miro

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(image from arthistory.about.com):

 dali remorse or sphinx embedded in the sand 1931

Remorse or Sphinx Embedded in the Sand

by Salvador Dali, 1931

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Pollack’s inventive style became associated with “Allover Painting”,

 defined as a painting with canvas wholly covered with paint:

edge to edge / corner to corner.

There is no focal point of reference.

Rather the eye is free to wander/meander across the canvas  –

following a shape at one moment

picking up a colour trail to explore in another instance

investigating at leisure – lines, patterns

without indicator of starting or end point.

Liberating!

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(image from artdiscovery.info):

 

pollack autumn image ex all over artdiscovery.info

Autumn Rhythm by Jackson Pollack

(an example of Allover Painting)

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(image from studentartguide.com):

jackson-pollock at work studentartguide.com

Jackson Pollack at work

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Pollack’s paintings are powerful:

vivid,   dynamic,  electric

The viewer remains engaged, in movement –

 visually traversing the imagery on canvass.

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 Jackson Pollack’s life ended tragically and abruptly;

he died from injuries sustained in a car accident.

He left an impressive body of work by which he is remembered.

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jackson pollack image arthistoryspot.com

Jackson Pollack (1912 – 1956)

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… by Jackson Pollack

(image from artphoto-riostro.com):

Jackson_Pollock_Untitled ink on japanese paper artphoto.riostro.com

ink on Japanese paper

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(image from artdiscovery.info):

pollack blue poll artdiscovery.info

Blue Poles II

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(image from guggenheim.org):

pollack circumsion, 1946 guggenheim org.

Circumcision, 1946

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(image from artdiscovery.info):

pollack Number 20 artdiscovery.info

Number 20

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“drip/splash”:  the Pollack paint effect   –   on denim

(images from whowhatwear.com):

denim painterly jeans www

Denim Supply  by Ralph Lauren

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denim painterly shorts by denim refinery www

shorts by denim refinery

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denim painterly jeans 2 vintage dickie's

by vintage

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denim jacket painterly by tibi www

denim jacket by Tibi

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denim paint shirt by zara

khaki coloured denim shirt by Zara

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(image from plazticmag.com):

painterly denim plaztikmag.com

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(image from handbagoutletstores.com):

painterly jeans 1 handbagoutletstores.com Rich-and-Skinny-Legacy-Green-Graz-Monet-Dyed-Legging-Jeans

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(image from polyvore.com):

painterly jeans christopher kane  polyvore.com

by designer, Christopher Kane

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Just for fun

Create your own Jackson Pollack inspired drip/splash paint effect masterpiece.

Use as template inspiration for personalised denim design.

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Visit the site below

http://manetas.com/pollock/newpollock/jacksonpollock_by_Miltos_Manetas.swf

Blank screen will appear

Touch mouse pad:

to begin

to change colours

to direct flow of colour placement

and

Voila … an art expressed!

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More than a hint of colour: Yohji Yamamoto, PFW – a/w 2014

02 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by meappropriatestyle in art influence - fashion, avant garde, colour traits, colourspeak, design philosophy, imagery, menswear, Paris Fashion Week, prints, womenswear, Yohji Yamamoto

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art inspired - fashion, art reference, avant garde fashion, colour characteristics, colour/print inspiration, graffiti-esque print, Hieronymus Bosch, imagery, knitwear, painterly, Salvador Dali, Yohji Yamamoto

The master of asymmetry, voluminous layering,  Zen-like clothing and

black as statement colour –

Yohji Yamamoto

(image from wwd.com):

offers a collection of colour and print vibrancy,

 a graffiti-esque,  painterly quality

which remains true to the expected of

Mr. Yamamoto’s design aesthetics.

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The pieces were of exaggerated proportions –

larger than life,

so to the imagery of the prints.

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Some prints seem reminiscent of a Hieronymus Bosch painting –

though not based on interpreting a narrative of a Bosch work, rather

capturing the intent:

on style … chaos, frenetic energy

on manner … fantastical

on scale … abstract/unreal

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(image from cargocollective.com):

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail) 1503/04

by Hieronymus Bosch

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(image from everyhistory.org):

Last Judgement (detail) 1504-1508

 by Hieronymus Bosch

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There appears also elements of surrealism akin to Salvador Dali:

(image from tufts.edu):

painting, the persistence of memory, dali

The Persistence of Memory (1931) by Salvador Dali

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Mr. Yamamoto also features knitwear in this collection,

which he has presented in the past –

and to a similar effect:  body conscious and inventive.

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Yet it is the liberal use of colour and

the manner in which it translates, which provokes/intrigues.

 The intense use colour and imagery ignites

new discussion on Yohji Yamamoto’s design philosophy.

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Yohji Yamamoto

Paris Fashion Week,  a/w  2014

The Collection

(images from fashionising):

yohji-yamamoto-autumn-fall-winter-2014-pfw21 yohji-yamamoto-autumn-fall-winter-2014-pfw25 yohji-yamamoto-autumn-fall-winter-2014-pfw41 yohji-yamamoto-autumn-fall-winter-2014-pfw42 yohji-yamamoto-mens-autumn-fall-winter-2014-pfw31 yohji-yamamoto-mens-autumn-fall-winter-2014-pfw38

 

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