Jack Pollock Non-Objective Work

Greg Eickmier points out That “Pollock’s abstract works had no figurative imagery in them whatsoever and so the idea of an image was replaced with the idea of expression and thus turned any notion of meaning or interpretation towards the perception of the viewer.” When people look at his master piece they be wondering what are they looking it look like he just splattered paint all over his canvas, because his art shows no meaning or no interpretation. Pollock’s art has changed through the modern era, the way people looked at art has changed a lot. During the modern era artist has used a new technique to art as Greg Erickmier points out “ high-watermark that created a pivotal turning point in painting”, people perspective of looking at art has changed during that time period people want to see imagery and some

Every work of art he had produced was more than just a simple improvement from the last, it was a redefinition and reiteration of what fans had come to know and love. His ties to the native culture and his own roots are the very essence of what any aspiring artist at the time should have been expected to be, he just made it look easy while doing so much

When he was fourteen years old he came across abstract paintings by Jackson Pollock which was what influenced him to begin his artistic career. He furthered his education at the University of Washington School of Art as well as Yale University School of Art and Architecture. Following his graduation from Yale he received a scholarship to study in Vienna. After studying at the Akademie der Bildenen Künste he moved back to the United States in 1967 to begin his journey. There he started creating his portraits that he is known for which consist of a grid with designs within it.

He did not acquire much skill or help from his college classes because he dropped out early in the course; nevertheless, he taught himself all of the skills that helped him to achieve his fame. One of his philosophies was that the subject matter of a painting was more important than any other detail, such as the technique, and it was crucial to have a solid, foundational subject that centered on fact, rather than beauty. He was a perfectionist who wanted all details to have depth and preciseness. His sculptures focused on very meticulous details, and he liked them for their durability to time. One of the main techniques in his paintings was simplicity.

He constructed a feminine, eccentric character focused on using his front to transmit his values and beliefs. The postmodern artist focuses on the artificial construction of this image that can continuously change. Therefore, the individual identity blurs the lines between the image it created and reality, with reality often disappearing completely. This existential concern can damage the self, as artists become whatever world they choose, and their subjectivity is altered until they either change their image again or rid themselves of chains surrounding their ambivalence.

Evaluating artwork, I am discovering, is an art in itself. Properly applied appraisal includes objective as well as subjective criteria. Francis Schaeffer (1973) offers Four Standards of Judgement, “(1) technical excellence, (2) validity, (3) intellectual content, the world view which comes through and (4) the integration of content and vehicle” (p. 62). Additionally, great art may evoke intuitive and emotional responses. By all measures, the writings of C. S. Lewis are masterpieces of literature.

At the time, many people outside the urban centers in the United States regarded abstract painting with suspicion, as if it were a hoax or fraud, while others would relish in its indirect messages and the emotional responses they would get from them, and once Life magazine featured Jackson Pollock with the mocking headline, “Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?”, people had a face to put with the art. Pollock’s “tough guy” persona, which was cool and popular in the late 40’s and early 50’s, also helped contribute to his fame by bringing attention to him, while other artists prior were regarded as milquetoasts or snobs. However, with the media spotlight brought by the media, Pollock faced impossible expectations and poor sales. Other New York artists resented the media view of Pollock as their leader, partly due to hostile encounters with him and his alcoholism which brought about his death at age forty-four. As with most artists, Pollock’s art became more admired after his

Furthermore, this fostered a community of upcoming artists that would lead future global art movements from their home of America. Even Jackson Pollock would enroll right from the programs gestation to later become one of America’s most renowned

Landau concludes the article by reflecting back to the central argument of whether or not “Jackson Pollock is the greatest living painter in the United States”, Landau supports this statement with a resounding yes as she credits him as being the most influential character ever produced in America also referring him to have “virtually singlehandedly brought about the long-awaited aesthetic triumph of America over the centuries-old hegemony of

The Meaning of Abstraction: Paul Klee and his Nature of Creation Before reading into the Bauhaus, I used to think the term abstraction in art took the meaning of freedom from representational qualities. I thought this meant that art could be anything – I did not think that there was a literal meaning behind every movement and paint stroke that went along into its work. One could argue that this is true, and that there is no science behind this kind of art. Abstract art is simple, and in one’s opinion, it seems to be that not everyone needs to have full “artistic” ability.

In the Louvre, hangs a portrait with a curious smile and piercing eyes which follow one’s every step as they walks across the room. The woman in the portrait has vexed art critics and tourists for centuries. Often pictures are described as alive, as having wants and desires. Why is she smiling? Why did he cut his ear off?

These art elements helped Pollock convey his mood and feelings and put them on canvas in a very spontaneous manner, turning the artist into a master of improvisation. Its content is abstract and can be interpreted as the expression of artist’s inner world and the emotions he was experiencing at a particular moment of his life. Furthermore, the artist managed to establish emotional connection with the spectators, making them experience a range of feelings like sadness (black), joy (white), tension (contrast), energy (interlacing splashes), etc. Thus, visiting the exhibition and viewing One: No.31, 1950 became a great opportunity to explore Pollock’s unique painting technique and style as well as appreciate his artistic

During that time, there was many critics over the banal subject matter. Abstract Expressionists

The unifying fatal mistake made by most theories, Weitz suggests, is that they fail to recognize art as an open concept—open in the sense of being “perennially flexible”—without any necessary or sufficient conditions surrounding it. Art and its subconcepts cannot be accurately or wholly defined because their criteria must allow for the incorporation of new principles into their folds, and such newly developed principles would make the act of attempting to define their conditions betrayals of the concepts they serve as criteria for in the first place. Weitz further elucidates that although art and its subconcepts are employed for the description and evaluation of works, and those descriptions and evaluations themselves depend upon sets of criteria, that does not make such criteria necessary or sufficient. That these concepts may be used to describe and evaluate works is contingent to their integration of new cases with new properties, thus expanding the concepts

Introduction First I will like to apologize to impressionism for a the miss conception I had about it I though that impressionism was simply an early form of abstract art. As I began to study it though I began to realize that this is far from the truth and that an initial impression based in a lack of knowledge can create a bad opinion. Through studying it I began to realize that it is one of the most beautiful style I have ever seen and quickly began to grow on me. The artist that paints in this style does so much with so little it would appear that they almost smudge different parts of the painting and it all comes together to make one glorious master piece.