Ovation TV | Jackson Pollock

[evercusion1]

Mierda!!!!

[Photonzos]

US American abstract expressionism was funded by the CIA.

Did it all really have that much to do with art or promotion of nationalism?

[showmex3]

this man never even drew a stick figure..itseasy to hate artist for being artist

[ptlofts]

Pollock.. now thats some paintings impossible to copy. :))))

[empiremonkey]

'modern' art gets bad-mouthed for being something misunderstood, by sheer ignorance of people that fail to study and think about what it is they are commenting on... "Hey y'all! Grab the pitchforks and flaming torches! It's an abstract!"

[spiralcosmosart]

The big money in "modern art" is all about the talent of promotion, seldom the talent of the paintings as far as I can see.

[xlerosx]

@spiralcosmosart You don't see very far.

[spiralcosmosart]

@xlerosx Really? So enlighten me. Tell me about how this drunken alcoholic asshole ever had any redeeming qualities other than persistently scribbling paint on a canvas?

[xlerosx]

@spiralcosmosart Um, his art?

[spiralcosmosart]

@xlerosx As in his boy friend named "Arthur"?

[xlerosx]

@spiralcosmosart Huh?

[spiralcosmosart]

@xlerosx nevermind. Jackson Pollock was good at prancing around canvas dripping paint on it. I suppose there's a certain intrinsic value, a meditative discipline and amusement in the infinite diversity of patterns of randomness and entropy this activity brings. It's existential. He's inspiring to me in that respects, but it's still a simpleton repetitive activity that a child can do. Somehow it had to initially get promoted it to rich people.

[empiremonkey]

@spiralcosmosart- as an art teacher, i have tried to teach children to do this, which they do not do instinctively. So... neener neener. See Ninjaswordtothehead comment below for some perspective.

[ninjaswordtothehead]

@empiremonkey I agree. These same critics fail to realize that many of the artworks they are fond of were "modern" art when they were produced. Its is only the passage of time that has made many styles become accepted.

[xlerosx]

@ninjaswordtothehead

Agrees too.

[empiremonkey]

@ninjaswordtothehead - Thank you for putting it in a much more straightforward response. A lot of people also don't realize 'modern' art means modern- these are the kind of people that buy faux-tudor style homes. True art captures the essence of that point in history-- a subjective reflection of the events going on and how they affected people. The last 20th century is more fascinating when looked upon in this perspective- and helps to explain how and why things happened the way they did.

[meesterschilders]

placed into my playlist of Pollock, thanks