jackson pollock
Jackson Pollock
1912-1956
Abstract expressionism – drip painting
Inspiration from Pablo Picasso- earlier work
Jackson Pollock was inspired by the abstract expressionism
movement, developing his processes to become more and more expressive, leaving
form behind him in place of emotion and line, to create marks without form. Jackson
started his career with far more figurative paintings with abstract
expressionism being a smaller element within his work; however, this changed
after he began to overlay one of his paintings with several layers of paint
using a brush, beginning as marks that overplayed and juxtaposed the initial
piece, and developing from that until the overlaying lines became the whole of
his works. one factor that may have influenced the evolution of his process may
have been the first and second world war with many people turning to expressive
art as an escape from the horrors that war brings, allowing the artists to
express themselves in a way words cannot.
his earlier work was painted using the traditional method of
manipulating paint using the brush, however still more expressive than most
with painters as this process was still commonly used to capture a scene.
however he later began to paint without making contact with the canvas, find
the marks he made to me far more open and expressive than when spreading paint
with a brush, however in doing so he lost the forms within his work and
liberated the line from these forms to create a new representation that centres
around emotion and interpretation.
While painting Jackson Pollock does not make contact with
the paper allowing the marks made to be more expressive and open, this process
requires the artist to move about the canvas and such has caught the attention
of the world of performance art, as the movement involved can completely
changes the composition of the piece.
In addition to this, he chooses to place the surface on the
floor rather than propped up against an easel, this allows him to move about
the piece and drip the paint with a lot more freedom.
Because of the abstract nature of his work, the marks
created are liberated from form.
The colours involved in many of his works are quite
monochrome and creates a juxtaposition between the two colours
Post war- represents emotion and instinct rather than
recreation, making the art far more personal to the artist.
Workshop
Following research of the artist, a workshop was conducted
to allow students to recreate and mimic his style.
1
The first of the workshops insufficient planning took place
for the first experiment the group was given ten minutes to
plan and create a piece using black, beige and mint paint on a long strip of
paper. to create this we each had a paint brush in which we used to drip the
paint onto the piece. because of the colour selection we were unsure if the
mint should be used in the composition as it is not an overly appealing colour
when used with the black and white.
the outcome had more negatives than positives as ten minutes
was not enough to plan and carry out the process casing many of us to act
without considering the artist. another problem was the viscosity of the paint
as it was both different and too thin meaning that it mixed together as well as
being too runny as it would run into the where the paper creased and could only
really be used to splatter.
2
Enamel, group talk, more time, stick
Less control as every person has a different vision, messy,
too much paint
This time the workshop was conducted with significantly more
efficiency then the previous, before proceeding we took time to evaluate and
study his work and process.
Working as a group allowed constant analysis and discussion
to allow every individual to respond to the markings in a way that is unique to
them
The only real problem with this process would be that
working as a group prevented the piece from turning out as intended, to some
there was too much paint and others not enough
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