(Quoted Jackson Pollock)
My painting does not come from the easel. I prefer to tack the unstretched canvas to the hard wall or the floor. I need the resistance of a hard surface. 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.
Source: Boundless. “Jackson Pollock and Action Painting.” Boundless Art History. Boundless, 21 Jul. 2015. Retrieved 04 Sep. 2015 from https://www.boundless.com/art-history/textbooks/boundless-art-history-textbook/europe-and-america-from-1900-1950-ce-36/abstract-expressionism-230/jackson-pollock-and-action-painting-821-3536/
It’s just so unique. Creating an art with just a chosen tool. Pollock’s technique of pouring and dripping paint is thought to be one of the origins of the term action painting. Creating this technique, Pollock influenced many artist like Pablo Picasso as he created the meaning of creating art.
Techniques and material used:
He used hardened brushes, sticks, and even basting syringes as paint applicators. By defying the convention of painting on an upright surface, he added a new dimension by being able to view and apply paint to his canvases from all directions which means “all-over painting” used to describe some of his work.
Jackson Pollock Handwritten Statement (ca. 1950)
“Quoted by Jackson Pollock himself”
No sketches acceptance of what i do—.
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Experience of our age in terms of painting- not an illustration of_ (but the equivalent.)
Concentrated
fluid
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Technic is the result of a need———
new needs demand new technics———
total control———denial of———
organic intensity———
energy and motion
made visible———
memories arrested in space
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Going wild and giving it a try, it is a great way to let loose and have some fun while creating my own modern art. Not afraid of being afraid of becoming messy or getting paint around my body. This is an expression of of my emotion, so I won’t let a few drips hole me back from expressing my-self.
I will be documenting the process in the next few post….More research to come
