Jackson Pollock and Fellow Drippers

A new approach to understanding Jackson Pollock.

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[midnightpooper]

its not abstract and its not art.

[michaelsimkin]

It's apestract. Google for "Artist or ape" to see what I mean.

[paul thomas martin]

he (pollack) would have agreed his work wasn't good...but i don't think his work can be viewed without having SOME kind of emotional response...this guy's response happened to be anger.

[cybeavertoo]

i think your depiction of birddroppings is quite accurate although slightly out of focus. I like the post-modern addition of your toes and sandals, making it clearly a work from the 90's or beyond. It almost has a Schnabelesque-touch to it. A shame you didnt show the work in the making, but i bet u didnt want your pants dirtyfied, it would have been a shame sending that fine fresh artpiece into the laundries.But well, its a hard choice: walking the streets with dirty pants, or with a dirty mind.

[michaelsimkin]

And your comments are examples of aptness and geometric precision. I'll peruse each and every of them with deliberate care to learn from your higher wisdom.

[michaelsimkin]

Good. I summarize:

Pollock said his paintings are like a field of flowers, but they resemble birdcrap.

[michaelsimkin]

Congratulations on your achievement! You did better than many art critics: google for "Avantgarde artist Pierre Brassau".

I described the standard meaning of "abstract" in English language. The meaning you atribute to "abstract" is normally conveyed by the word "senseless."

[michaelsimkin]

"Abstract" means distant from a concrete object, but retaining one of its essential properties, which can also be applied to other concrete objects.

For example, numbers are abstract. Number "3" can relate to either three craws or to three cows. The ability for abstract thinking is what distinguish humans from animals. The so called "abstract art" is hard to tell from ape work. Apes are not capable of abstraction. Thus that art is not abstract, but apestract. And, as such, degenerate.

[michaelsimkin]

If you make a google search for "pollock or birds" (alas youtube does not allow url's) you will find a quiz which asks to tell the difference between their droppings.

[michaelsimkin]

Why then it is so difficult to tell the difference between the two?