Pollock, Jackson: Absolute Art
Biographical Information: Jackson Pollock was born in Wyoming in 1912 and died on Long Island, New York in 1956. He was a leader of the New York action painters and a major contributor to Abstract Expressionism. He studied from 1929-1931 at the Art Students League in New York City and started working on government art projects in the late 1930s. Abstract Expressionism is characterized by a lack of representation and by an emotional approach to concept and execution.
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Pollock, Jackson: Art.net
"Get ready to have your eyes rewired. For all the artist's ups and downs, the Jackson Pollock retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art is one of the greatest exhibitions of a 20th-century artist to be seen in a New York museum. This show comes at a time when contemporary art stresses language, representation and social engagement, and younger artists often view Pollock's work as dated, drained or irrelevant."
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Pollock, Jackson: Life History
Died. Jackson Pollock, 44, bearded shock trooper of modern painting, who spread his canvases on the floor, dribbled paint, sand and broken glass on them, smeared and scratched them, named them with numbers...; at the wheel of his convertible in a side road crack-up near East Hampton, N.Y.--Time Magazine August 20, 1956
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