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Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock II. Style In this particular work we find what made Jackson Pollock famous and that is CHOAS. This work is an example of representational abstract art. Moving from the first through the sixth screenprint we find different features of humans in the art. Not only man but also woman and both together. These works say a lot about the frame of mind that Pollock had during this time period. It seems that everything about the series is chaotic, but still has a central message to it. The message is one of humanity. Beginning with the first piece in the series you find almost a crazed war scene with parts of human bodies in all different places. Moving to the second work it seems to be a man dancing around a fire somewhat showing the barbaric side of man. In the third frame it looks to be a picture of a barroom with people sitting and drinking. The fourth one, which is the most distinctive one, shows a man and woman engaged in intercourse. Coming to the fifth in the series, we find another hugely chaotic scene in which the figures seem to be fighting. Finally, the sixth is thrust upon us and the main identifiable form in the work is a human face found in the lower right corner with something on top of his head. This one represents all of the works together by ending the series with what is constant in life and that seems to be humanity or the picture of. The artist and the works both come from a number of different styles ranging from cultural to period to personal. Pollock began his work with abstract expressionism during the end of World War II around the 1940’s. At this time Pollock was experiencing social and personal unrest about the war and life itself. There had to be another way to express himself as an artist. This began an uprising of artist, working with the emotions and not the order that they had been taught. Or did their work have order? Yes, it did, these works exhibited a new order that had never been heard or seen before. This was the order of human feelings and what they look like when brought out and put on a medium. There had finally come a time when the world was open to the built up emotions of humanity and Pollock along with his colleagues were going to show the world what this looked like. Jackson Pollock throughout his life always strayed from the norm with his works. This piece is no different. It has all that he ever believed wrapped into one. His belief that everything does not have to be the same to be good and that if you can express what you feel then that is true art. With this said, Jackson moves through two of the functions of art in this series. These are Art for Social Purpose and Art for Self-Expression. First, Art for Social Purpose. Pollock shows in his representation of humans and their actions in his work, that all parts of life are somewhat crazy and the emotions of these situations cannot be harnessed. The only way he felt he could show this was by his abstract movements with his brush or pin. To draw small straight lines would be to take that emotion he longed to express and bottle it up. In most of his works we find his “out of the box” lines and shapes. He wanted to add more emotion to humans and move away from the little or lack of emotion that had been shown by the artist that came before him. It was time for a social change in the world. America was coming out of an age of exactness and dullness, Pollock then saw his chance to truly express himself. Pollock didn’t believe that his pieces would change the world of art, but they did! For the first time we found artist moving away from the order that had been placed in art and heading towards the boundaries of real human feelings. Next, Art for Personal Expression. Pollock was the first art figure to break away from the order that artist like Mondrian had placed in the art society. His works were a true expression of the way he felt about what was going on in the world around him. He seemed to find solace while painting. It was the only time he was controlled. His uncontrollable side came out in his works. This is what made him one of the great artists of the twentieth century. Pollock’s ability to harness emotion and not be afraid to show it set him apart from the crowd and gave way for the “new” artists to step up and show their abilities. This particular series of works by Pollock is part of a large group of silk-screens. This technique is relatively new but is a refinement of the ancient and simple technique of stencil printing. (Artforms: p.154) With this technique an artist can reproduce a piece so that all may have the same quality as the first one. By strapping the stencil to a screen made of silk fabric stretched across a frame and moving a rubber-edged tool, called a squeegee, across it while ink is applied, it allows the image to be transferred from the stencil to the screen. (Artforms: p.154) In this series Pollock is working with humanity as his subject and the primitive and real side of society. He moves from chaos to love then back to chaos. These are the emotions that are shown in numerous works by Pollock. He seemed very interested in the primitive human emotion and the situations they are displayed in. Pollock’s work was about the true feelings inside and how to get them out. Lines: In this work the lines are everything. They are bold, thick and curved in some places and small, thin and straight in others. He uses them for the outlines of humans in #2 and in #6. Then in the others, the lines fade into the background as to become part of the content or picture of that particular piece. The directional force of the lines is not totally apparent in all, though in #4 the eyes are quickly drawn to the man and woman engaged in intercourse. The lines in this series affect the expressive content of the piece by representing emotion in their turmoil. The artist was feeling somewhat crazy about his surroundings in the world and tried to express them with the use of lines. Shape: As oppose to Mondrian’s studies of color, Pollock's works are totally organic in figure. All of the lines and objects or shapes in these works are made in a rhythmic way sort of a dance, if you will. Once again, we find that Pollock has given us a picture of human emotion. Mass: The artist does not use the picture plane as a 3-D plane. Instead he uses it a flat plat. These pieces are meant to jump at you for their content and emotion and Space: The space is a very significant part of this series. Just that the works are broken up into a series proves Pollock's use of space. The artist wants the viewer to move through the work picking up the pieces and then taking them all in as you move along to the next one. This work consists of a group of thoughts and not just one idea. Color: The color scheme in the series is quite simple, but the idea behind it seems complex. The usage of only black and white signifies the primitive emotions of man. In a true feeling, you have no colors or other things disturbing the emotion. The only thing present in true feelings is the desire to get exactly what you want. This is the message the Pollock is relaying. Texture: In this technique the art does not have any texture. These are perfect reproductions of the original. These are magnificently done so that the only things printed on the screen are the exact etchings or impressions of the stencil. The main focus of these works that Pollock was trying to get across is that all human emotion is crazy and that the world around us is filled with very alive wild things. Once again, this series moves from chaos to love then back to chaos. 1) Church Interior 4) Francesico Botticini Francois de Nome (Monsu Desidoro) Madonna and Child 2) The Cat Man 5) Lumiere De Minuit Bibliography: Discussion of a representational work by Jackson Pollock during his abstract non-repersentational working years.

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