Jackson Pollock Moma Floor

Instead of using conventional artist brushes to push or smear liquid paint across the surface of the painting pollock now used things like sticks even turkey basters or dried paint brushes hard as a rock that he variously dripped drizzled poured or splashed paint onto the canvas below him from.

Jackson pollock moma floor.

Get wrapped up in one of jackson pollock s most vibrant works of art with this richly patterned silk scarf based on white light 1954 in moma s collection. Moma floor 4 403 the david geffen galleries while the style of drip painting has become synonymous with the name jackson pollock here the artist has autographed the work even more directly with several handprints found at the composition s upper right. Pollock s method eschewed the conventional notions of painting of the time opting for raw unstretched canvas and housepaint over prepared canvas and traditional oils and darting around the floor of his barn studio rather than working quietly with a palette and easel. His method consisted of flinging and dripping thinned enamel paint onto an unstretched canvas laid on the floor of his studio.

The first retrospective in new york since the one mounted by moma in 1967. Placing the canvas on the floor pollock no longer remained in physical contact with the canvas while painting. He was widely noticed for his technique of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface drip technique enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles. Please update your browser for the best experience.

Moma floor 4 403 the david geffen galleries one. Oct 28 1998 feb 2 1999. It tracks his artistic evolution from the 1930s and early 1940s when he made loosely figurative images based on mythical or primeval themes to the late 1940s and early 1950s when he pioneered the radical abstractions for which he is best known. Sometimes i use a brush but often prefer using a stick.

Nov 22 2015 may 1 2016. Number 31 1950 one of pollock s largest paintings exemplifies his drip technique in which he dropped dribbled or threw paint onto a canvas laid on the floor. In 1947 jackson pollock arrived at a new mode of working that brought him international fame. Our site uses technology that is not supported by your browser so it may not work correctly.

This exhibition offers a concise but detailed survey of the work of jackson pollock american 1912 1956.