Jackson Pollock's Impact On The Art World
Gina Equihua
Professor Benzel
December 15, 2015
Analysis of Jackson Pollock
When thinking about an artist and their methods making some form of impact on the art world, there leaves little opportunity for such an artist to do so when they can be found in similar method pools. It is often repetitive techniques of an upright easel and oil paint that these artists we are familiar with use. There really is not anything profound that makes them stand out as they ought to, other than movements and historical backgrounds. However, modern artist Jackson Pollock took a step in the door with the ability to reimagine what a canvas could be through the nature within his life span. What made Pollock such an unique and amazing artist was his bullish …show more content…
When he transferred over to New York, Pollock took on learning more about mural paintings. His interest in them adapted to posing for some as well as being able to meet Mexican artists whom were quite in their prime such as Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Based on my readings, it was this last particular artist, Siqueiros, who would make a profound impact on the techniques of Jackson Pollock due to his own "employ[ing] unorthodox painting techniques" (Remer). Going West that Pollock completed during 1934 through 1935, is a prime example of Siquerios influence on the young …show more content…
The pair became romantically involved a few years after meeting and then married where Shaffer explains that most of the promotional responsibilities of Pollock's blooming career fell on his new bride, who put her own career on the back burner. For the time being, though, Pollock had taken up drinking that was an apparent problem for him since his young teenage years. In 1938, he checked himself into a treatment and the following year the artist took up Jungian psychoanalysis, a new method of psychotherapy that was developed by C.G. Jung that went into depth of the unconscious (Ashley). This new method was supposed to encourage Pollock to escape his alcoholism through particular drawings that would explore methods and
Professor Benzel
December 15, 2015
Analysis of Jackson Pollock
When thinking about an artist and their methods making some form of impact on the art world, there leaves little opportunity for such an artist to do so when they can be found in similar method pools. It is often repetitive techniques of an upright easel and oil paint that these artists we are familiar with use. There really is not anything profound that makes them stand out as they ought to, other than movements and historical backgrounds. However, modern artist Jackson Pollock took a step in the door with the ability to reimagine what a canvas could be through the nature within his life span. What made Pollock such an unique and amazing artist was his bullish …show more content…
When he transferred over to New York, Pollock took on learning more about mural paintings. His interest in them adapted to posing for some as well as being able to meet Mexican artists whom were quite in their prime such as Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Based on my readings, it was this last particular artist, Siqueiros, who would make a profound impact on the techniques of Jackson Pollock due to his own "employ[ing] unorthodox painting techniques" (Remer). Going West that Pollock completed during 1934 through 1935, is a prime example of Siquerios influence on the young …show more content…
The pair became romantically involved a few years after meeting and then married where Shaffer explains that most of the promotional responsibilities of Pollock's blooming career fell on his new bride, who put her own career on the back burner. For the time being, though, Pollock had taken up drinking that was an apparent problem for him since his young teenage years. In 1938, he checked himself into a treatment and the following year the artist took up Jungian psychoanalysis, a new method of psychotherapy that was developed by C.G. Jung that went into depth of the unconscious (Ashley). This new method was supposed to encourage Pollock to escape his alcoholism through particular drawings that would explore methods and