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The legacy of Jackson Pollock

Paul Jackson Pollock was an American painter and major character in the theoretical

expressionist movement. He was highly known because of his irreplaceable styles of drip

painting. He struggled with alcoholism for most of his life. In 1947, Jackson married the artist

Lee Krasner, who later played a major role in his career and on his legacy. He used flinging and

dripping dispersed enamel paint method onto an unstretched image laid on the ground of his own

studio. The physical commitment with his materials applauded gravity, creativeness and velocity

into artist progression which allowed line and color to stand alone, running wholly independently

of form (Doss, pg. 123).

It is a fact that Jackson Pollock had emerged to be one of an outstanding artist in the field

of arts through his nervous breakdown and his magical sculptures that were very attractive to his

audience. Jackson had achieved a lot through galaxies of different colors that contributed to his

attainment beautiful paintings in his lifetime (Schreyach, pg. 186). His paintings though they

seem to be unique compared to the paintings of other artists. According to me, Jackson Pollock’s

paintings are worth millions. His castings, carvings as well as other sculptures he created have

turned up into the galleries of New York.

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Many artists of the modern time have argued that Pollock has contributed to the cultural

construction that already been accepted as the art and cultural history of American history.

Pollock is argued to the heart of the new style and art of the America. Jackson Pollock’s

paintings educate the artists of the modern world to open up there and try to think outside the

box. His paintings are very educative in restoring the restoring the societal cultural norms and

believes (Schreyach, pg. 190)

Pollock’s paintings are one and unique when compared to others. It is a fact to mention

that Pollock was somewhat tricky with his naming conventions especially when it came to a

numbering of his paintings. Analysts have argued that Pollock’s paintings are amazing, magical

and admirable. Some of them a little bit blend together when you keenly look at them. Others

would even look like life images. It is a fact that some of his sculptures when observed at certain

angles they resembled sun-bleached jetsam and flotsam. In addition, others tended to evoke

bones as well as bodies as suggested by the gallery of Mathew Mark (Schreyach, pg. 187).

Pollock’s titles of his paintings unlike the other artists, had few words when compared to

other artists. It’s also critical to mention that Pollock adopted the use of drip painting that takes

after many dots and touches arranged in a random manner. It is clearly understood that Pollock

was one of the inspirers of the knowledge of sculptures. Pollock entered into the books of

accounts in the field of arts by making objects out of curved stones, copper that was skillfully

hammered, also casting in sand, throwing as well as hand-molding clay (Doss, pg. 122). He also

made objects from whittling bones of cattle as well as dipping wire in the process of carving

stones. Modern artists argue that even though the paintings of Pollock have been scrutinized,

analyzed as well as been dramatized, they will remain to be considered as novelty items.
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However, even though Jackson Pollock had showed his sculptures at different galleries in

USA, it is a fact that they seemed to be absent from the exhibitions/ scenes of the recent time.

This clearly shows that there is a certain change in the field of art as many arts actually adopting

other styles and techniques of painting even though Pollock’s sculptures and other paintings

always remain unique and exemplary (Doss, pg. 119).

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Work cited

Doss, Erika. "Arrival and Afterlife: Jackson Pollock’s Mural and the University of Iowa." Getty

Research Journal 9. S1 (2017): 117-132.

Schreyach, Michael. "The Crisis of Jackson Pollock’s Mural as a Painting." Getty Research

Journal 9. S1 (2017): 183-199.