Tyler's Thought on who likes Jackson Pollock and Who Thinks his Art looks like a Kindergarden Project

Jackson Pollock drips and throws paint on canvases. Many people question his artistic abilities and call his work no more than Childs play. His work is most certainly abstract, but the real question is does it have meaning, like the NFL’s make a wish foundation. There is quite a division of opinions when the public is asked. Many art critics believe Pollock is the most revolutionary artist since the abstract movement began. However many people in the general public do not understand and study his work as it is meant to be seen. When viewing Pollock’s paintings one must keep an open mind and take notice towards the deliberate use of color, placement and texture and paints or all meaning is lost as a blog on canvas.

Blogs are the most prevalent source of criticism towards Pollock’s work. This tends to be because of the many people writing them; while most are very intelligent and knowledgeable, many have only seen Pollock’s work on the internet and never had the opportunity to view it in person- I being very rounded have actually seen it in person. One blog in particular was very interesting- its title, Jack the Dripper. The author of this blog believes we will wake up one day and realize that much of the modern abstract art has been the biggest sham in history of art. They question its differentiability between art and pretty wallpaper. The author argues art should have form and structure so that it can represent real life and reality and that Jackson’s style is simply throwing paint on a whim with no real purpose.

Art critics overwhelmingly believe Jackson Pollock’s modernist work is extraordinary, ask my coach he’ll tell you what else is extraordinary. Anyway it is not hard to find such praise as they are in plentiful articles spanning across numerous databases. In Action Painting: Perspectives from Two Sides of the Atlantic, one such famous art critic in the 1950’s was Harold Rosenberg. He described Pollock’s art as “the gesture on the canvas was a gesture of liberation from value-political, esthetic moral and future declared a radical new aesthetic.” The paint on the canvas was not just thrown on without any care to placement but had purpose and structure. This type of action painting is to “not show a picture but to tell an event,” possibly the whole life of the artist.

Pollock was deemed this powerful artist by many because he was said to have influenced other artists, during and after his time. His genre of art can be seen in Helen Frankenthaler’s stained canvases to the poured sculptural form of Lynda Benglis all the way to Kazuo Shiraga of the avant-garde Gutai movement in Japan. His artwork is also studied in schools across the nation and copied by many aspiring artist. So while the public and art critics have many dissenting opinions, art is meant to be interpreted by the individual. You must see it for yourself and then pick as side, just as we are either Paton or Eli.Blogs are the most prevalent source of criticism towards Pollock’s work. This tends to be because of the many people writing them; while most are very intelligent and knowledgeable, many have only seen Pollock’s work on the internet and never had the opportunity to view it in person- I being very rounded have actually seen it in person. One blog in particular was very interesting- its title, Jack the Dripper. The author of this blog believes we will wake up one day and realize that much of the modern abstract art has been the biggest sham in history of art. They question its differentiability between art and pretty wallpaper. The author argues art should have form and structure so that it can represent real life and reality and that Jackson’s style is simply throwing paint on a whim with no real purpose.Art critics overwhelmingly believe Jackson Pollock’s modernist work is extraordinary, ask my coach he’ll tell you what else is extraordinary. Anyway it is not hard to find such praise as they are in plentiful articles spanning across numerous databases. In Action Painting: Perspectives from Two Sides of the Atlantic, one such famous art critic in the 1950’s was Harold Rosenberg. He described Pollock’s art as “the gesture on the canvas was a gesture of liberation from value-political, esthetic moral and future declared a radical new aesthetic.” The paint on the canvas was not just thrown on without any care to placement but had purpose and structure. This type of action painting is to “not show a picture but to tell an event,” possibly the whole life of the artist.Pollock was deemed this powerful artist by many because he was said to have influenced other artists, during and after his time. His genre of art can be seen in Helen Frankenthaler’s stained canvases to the poured sculptural form of Lynda Benglis all the way to Kazuo Shiraga of the avant-garde Gutai movement in Japan. His artwork is also studied in schools across the nation and copied by many aspiring artist. So while the public and art critics have many dissenting opinions, art is meant to be interpreted by the individual. You must see it for yourself and then pick as side, just as we are either Paton or Eli.">