Tyler's Thoughts on Jackson Pollock

The current record price for a painting sold is 140 million dollars, artist- Jackson Pollock. Pollock is most well known from his abstract style of painting called splatter painting. Many of these abstract paintings look like paint tossed on a canvas. While many art critics called this new style of painting a revolutionary movement, some believe the focus should concentrate on his more meaningful and personal style, his incorporation of American Indian Art.

Pollock’s style of painting was not always just some splatters on a piece of cloth like we think of today. Over 40 of his paintings were devoted to showing the culture of American Indians says the article From Raging Bulls to Miserable Drips. Pollock dedicated many years of his life studying Shamanic Rituals and greatly admired them. These rituals represent an outer sign of inner change. Most of the time these scared rituals involve drumming, dancing and rattling. You can look at many of his earlier pieces of work in comparison with traditional Native American paintings and seem many similarities. Some of the same images come up when comparing the two linked styles of artwork. Masks and dark colors are very prominent in that they represent the Shaman way of life and their cult like beliefs. He once quoted “I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk round it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. This is akin to the methods of the Indian sand painters of the West.”

While Pollock did feel very linked to Indian art, it is not what gained him his name as one of the most famous and creative abstract artist to date. So you are probably wondering what made his artwork so great, why did everyone have their panties in a bunch over splatter. Well the answer is because he was the first to try such an approach to art; his revolutionary idea of what is called splattering painting changed the art world and how “good” artwork was perceived. During these later years Pollock turned subject towards water as an inspiration for his work according to Paths to Dissolution: Water and Abstract Art. The fluidity of the paint, to him seen as water, led to a more direct engagement with the paint, venturing further than any artist had gone before. The idea of water for Pollock became somewhat representation for his all his artwork. The title of his pieces began to reflect this all they all were linked to this vital resource. Amongst the most obvious of these examples are Water Figure,The JPater Bulland and Watery Paths.

The two authors of these articles clearing have a varying opinion on what Pollock’s most inspirational pieces were but they do agree that Pollock’s art followed a progression that allowed him to expand his horizons and become the influential artist he is seen as today. While one believes his African American Art style should be view all by itself and appreciated in a more singular manner and the other believes it was what inspired and led to his truly great work the splatter painting, they both agree Pollock posses a talent that is unmatched by many historical and modern artist. Pollock’s style of painting was not always just some splatters on a piece of cloth like we think of today. Over 40 of his paintings were devoted to showing the culture of American Indians says the article From Raging Bulls to Miserable Drips. Pollock dedicated many years of his life studying Shamanic Rituals and greatly admired them. These rituals represent an outer sign of inner change. Most of the time these scared rituals involve drumming, dancing and rattling. You can look at many of his earlier pieces of work in comparison with traditional Native American paintings and seem many similarities. Some of the same images come up when comparing the two linked styles of artwork. Masks and dark colors are very prominent in that they represent the Shaman way of life and their cult like beliefs. He once quoted “I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk round it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. This is akin to the methods of the Indian sand painters of the West.”While Pollock did feel very linked to Indian art, it is not what gained him his name as one of the most famous and creative abstract artist to date. So you are probably wondering what made his artwork so great, why did everyone have their panties in a bunch over splatter. Well the answer is because he was the first to try such an approach to art; his revolutionary idea of what is called splattering painting changed the art world and how “good” artwork was perceived. During these later years Pollock turned subject towards water as an inspiration for his work according to Paths to Dissolution: Water and Abstract Art. The fluidity of the paint, to him seen as water, led to a more direct engagement with the paint, venturing further than any artist had gone before. The idea of water for Pollock became somewhat representation for his all his artwork. The title of his pieces began to reflect this all they all were linked to this vital resource. Amongst the most obvious of these examples are Water Figure,TheJPater Bulland Watery Paths. The two authors of these articles clearing have a varying opinion on what Pollock’s most inspirational pieces were but they do agree that Pollock’s art followed a progression that allowed him to expand his horizons and become the influential artist he is seen as today. While one believes his African American Art style should be view all by itself and appreciated in a more singular manner and the other believes it was what inspired and led to his truly great work the splatter painting, they both agree Pollock posses a talent that is unmatched by many historical and modern artist.">