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Jackson Pollock
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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“Of course I constantly despair at my own incapacity, at the impossibility of ever accomplishing anything, of painting a valid, true picture or even knowing what such a thing ought to look like. But then I always have the hope that, if I persevere, it might one day happen. And this hope is nurtured every time something appears, a scattered, partial, initial hint of something which reminds me of what I long for, or which conveys a hint of it – although often enough I have been fooled by a momentary glimpse that then vanishes, leaving behind only the usual thing.”

IfsLooksLongHas BeensEnoughMightHappensCoursesMy OwnBehindsKnowingPaintingOughtOne DayDespairLeavingUsualGlimpseImpossibilityInitialsPersevereHintsFooledMomentaryIncapacityAccomplishing Anything
Book:Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007
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“My landscapes are not only beautiful, or nostalgic, with a Romantic or classical suggestion of lost Paradises, but above all 'untruthful.' By 'untruthful,' I mean the glorifying way we look at Nature. Nature, which in all its forms is always against us, because it knows no meaning, no pity, no sympathy, because it knows nothing and is absolutely mindless, the total antithesis of ourselves.”

KnowsWayLooksMeanBeautifulFormLostPityLandscapeParadiseSuggestionsNostalgicMindlessAntithesisNo Sympathy
Author:Gerhard Richter
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“I pursue no objectives, no systems, no tendency; I have no program, no style, no direction. I have no time for specialized concerns, working themes, or variations that lead to mastery. I steer clear of definitions. I don’t know what I want. I am inconsistent, non-committal, passive; I like the indefinite, the boundless; I like continual uncertainty.”

KnowsWantClearStyleConcernProgramDefinitionsObjectivesTendenciesPursueUncertaintyThemeMasteryPassiveVariationBoundlessSteersInconsistent
Book:Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting
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