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“The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.”

Quote by Jackson Pollock

Book:Jackson Pollock

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Jackson Pollock

This book delves into the life of Jackson Pollock, focusing on his development as an artist and his contributions to the abstract expressionist movement. It includes insights into his techniques, his iconic drip paintings, and the cultural impact of his work. more

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Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock, born on January 28, 1912, was an influential American abstract expressionist painter. Known for his unique techniques of drip painting and splatter painting, he pioneered a new style of action painting. Pollock's works hold a significant place in art history and have had a profound impact on artists of later generations. more

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“I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.”

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“Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.”

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“I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But when you're painting out of your unconscious, figures are bound to emerge.”

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“It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.”

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Book:Jackson Pollock: black enamel paintings, April-May 1990

Source: Jackson Pollock: black enamel paintings, April-May 1990

“I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.”

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Book:Jackson Pollock. Englische Ausgabe.

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“I don't work from drawings. I don't make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting.”

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“The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.”

Thinking Art Modern Painting Deeper Strangeness Modern Art Deeper Meaning Different Meanings

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“New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements... the modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in the old forms of the Renaissance or of any other past culture.”

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“On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.”

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“He drove his kind of realism at me so hard I bounced right into nonobjective painting.”

Kind Hard Painting Realism

Book:Jackson Pollock: Meaning and Significance

Source: Jackson Pollock: Meaning and Significance