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Seema Mishra

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Abstract

Pollock 's paintings are considered as action paintings , which is a type of `abstract

expressionism . Not only his paintings but also his style of painting was typical and

untraditional . He used to spread the canvas on the floor and directly splashed paints on it

and then with the help of rapid and hasty brush applications , completed the painting . He

used all

odd things like towel , paint cans with holes in the bottom sticks , knives etc . to

apply paint . He found Indian sand painting quite fascinating because here also sands of

different colors were used by directly spreading on the ground and giving them shape

loosely by hand . He used his instincts while painting and even stepped on his painting to

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Jackson Pollock is very well know for his unique style of painting and is considered as

`abstract expressionist . He worked in his own exceptional and innovative style of

expressing his art . Pollock 's paintings are referred as `action ' or `gesture ' paintings

Pollock developed a style of painting not known till that time which later on came to be

known as `drip ' painting , so much so that `Time Magazine ' in 1956 termed him as Jack

the Dripper

Harold Rosenberg wrote in his famous article in ARTnews

What was to go on the canvas was not a picture but an event . The big moment came

when it was decided to paint `just to paint . The gesture on the canvas was a gesture of

liberation from value - political , aesthetic , moral

Instead of using the traditional way of painting he developed his own way . He used to

spread the canvas on the floor and painted with rapid and impetuous brush strokes and

sometimes splashed paint directly on it . He believed in unorthodox way of painting and

poured the paint straight away on the canvas to get spontaneous effect He literally

stepped on some of his paintings to get exact footprint affect . He was concerned with

expressing his emotions rather than trying to get a real look in the picture and used to

immerse himself fully in his art

Pollock 's art was equally praised and criticized because he believed in spontaneous flow

of emotions and paint and while fulfilling this he broke many traditional rules of painting

He developed a mood of introspection and reflection , which was because of the reaction

after seeing the real picture of man and mankind after World War II . All these things and Unit 5 IP 2 4

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