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 where movement and gravity shape the image. He helped originate action painting, many works from the 1940s-1950s 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. Many of his major works live in major museums worldwide.