Jackson Pollock Paintings, Bio, Ideas
Pollock's innovative abstractions evoke the power of nature, but also suggest man's entrapment in an anxious mind and body, and in the frightening modern world.
www.theartstory.orgPollock drip paintings shaped a new artistic language by pouring, dripping, and layering paint onto unstretched canvases to form complex, immersive surfaces with gravity guiding the gesture. He helped originate action painting, notable works from the 1940s-50s notable pieces include Number 1, Lavender Mist (1950) and Autumn Rhythm (1950). Pollock aimed for a unified surface, letting gravity and motion shape the image, with paintings built through long sessions. Major works reside in world museums.