Dear Jackson Pollock,

[JTG of the PRB]

What the HELL is this?



Love,
Justin

[QueenOfCalifornia]

1. Drip, drop, drip, drop

It is my inner voice screaming to me about me being me....

[DS1]

2. My dear jtg33

It's a piece of shit.

Yours,
Jackson Pollock

[quip]

6. PS

It's worth millions.

Bite me,

JP

[Kutjara]

9. PPS

But sadly, I'm dead and can't enjoy the proceeds.

Bollocks,

JP

[quip]

10. ha ha

[ghostsofgiants]

11. Something tells me you would enjoy this documentary

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/mykidcouldpaintthat/

[Kutjara]

3. It's about allowing the implicate order of the Universe to compose...

...the painting. By removing the artist's intentionality and any overt or subtle technique or artifice, the relationship between the work of art and reality itself becomes explicit and direct. Music of the spheres, baby!

Of course, Pollock himself intentionally chose the colors, so there was still a level of "art" to the paintings. He also cropped the final pictures from larger original canvasses, so there is an element of ex-post-facto composition: yet more "art". Choosing the colors at random and just hanging the original canvas would perhaps have been a more honest approach (but much less aesthetically appealing.)

[Poll_Blind]

4. It's BALANCED. I really don't like Pollock's work but I had to dig...

...and find out why at least some people find his work so intriguing.

That's what I recall, anyway.

PB

[tigereye]

5. beautiful!

[Zephyrbird]

7. I LOVE Jackson Pollock

Energy, chaos, and every bit of that painting says (pardon my graphic verbiage):


"FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU, WORLD!!!!"

Gotta love it!!!

[JTG of the PRB]

8. I really do too.

His work is bizarre and amazing.

[HEyHEY]

12. It's best to look at Pollock as one piece, disregard the lines

[Perry Logan]

13. I hear his paintings are not as bad as they look.