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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):
by Diego Rivera, Mexican muralist (active 1922 – 1953)
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(image from now.dartmouth.ed):
mural by Mexican realist painter Jose Clemente Orozco
in situ at Dartmouth College, USA
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Harlequin’s Carnival (1924 -19250, by impressionist painter Joan Miro
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(image from arthistory.about.com):
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):
Autumn Rhythm by Jackson Pollack
(an example of Allover Painting)
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(image from 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 (1912 – 1956)
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… by Jackson Pollack
(image from artphoto-riostro.com):
ink on Japanese paper
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(image from artdiscovery.info):
Blue Poles II
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(image from guggenheim.org):
Circumcision, 1946
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(image from artdiscovery.info):
Number 20
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“drip/splash”: the Pollack paint effect – on denim
(images from whowhatwear.com):
Denim Supply by Ralph Lauren
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shorts by denim refinery
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by vintage
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denim jacket by Tibi
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khaki coloured denim shirt by Zara
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(image from plazticmag.com):
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(image from handbagoutletstores.com):
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(image from 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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