Friday, March 28, 2008

Jackson Pollock


In my podcast below, I said non-objective art is where the composition contains no recognizable figures or objects. I want you to look at this painting by Jackson Pollock. He was an American action painter. This is Pollock's One: Number 31, painted in 1950. It occupies an entire wall by itself at the MOMA in New York City.
He put his canvas on the floor and threw his paint onto it.

To learn more about his non objective compositions:

Follow this link to see some of his other paintings.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/pollock_jackson.htm

Let’s look at Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist) at the National Gallery in Washington, DC.
http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/painting1.shtm

Here you can see Jackson Pollock doing one of his action paintings.
http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/actionpainting.shtm

Once you visit the URL below, click on the red arrow to see more photos of the artist working in his studio.
http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/process1.shtm

Now it is your turn to create a Jackson Pollock type action painting site. Once you click on this site, you will see a white space. As soon as you move the mouse across the space, color will appear. Every time you click, the color will change. If you want to delete and start again, just touch the space bar on your keyboard. I am using a PC, so when I right click my mouse, I can print my picture. You MAC users will have to let me know if you can print your non-objective composition or not.

http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

If you can find some other non-objective compositions by artists, please share them with us - either the URL, name of the artist, a picture of the artwork, etc.

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