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Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,588 posts) Thu Jan 28, 2021, 02:05 PM Jan 2021

Jackson Pollock was born on this date.

I was going to post something by him but I got abstracted............

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Jackson Pollock was born on this date. (Original Post) Dyedinthewoolliberal Jan 2021 OP

LOL! BlueDawn Jan 2021 #1

haha...and btw... dhill926 Jan 2021 #2

I admire his work immensely lunatica Jan 2021 #3

BlueDawn

(892 posts)

1. LOL!

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Thu Jan 28, 2021, 02:17 PM

Jan 2021

I absolutely love his paintings.

dhill926

(16,355 posts)

2. haha...and btw...

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Thu Jan 28, 2021, 02:39 PM

Jan 2021

if folks haven't seen the movie Pollock, it's fantastic. Ed Harris IS Pollock. Also a great soundtrack...

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

3. I admire his work immensely

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Thu Jan 28, 2021, 05:16 PM

Jan 2021

The magic of his paintings is that the entire canvas is the focal point. There is nothing to indicate where you start looking so you have to look at all the parts, yet you are aware of the entire painting as a focal point in itself, while your eye sees many focal points. The result is that his paintings are perfectly balanced while still being wildly chaotic.

What’s not to admire in that?!

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