AHIS BC 3626y Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Allan Kaprow, Jackson Pollock, Modern Art
25 Aug 2016
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The life magazine portrayal of process was key in his legacy. The artist was a myth of psyche pouring out on paint. I can control the paint, there is no accident. There is no beginning there is no end. I have no fear of changes or destroying the images. The painting has a life of its own, i have to let it live. Magritte the human condition: take a three dimensional experience and produces it on a flat painting. Similarly, pollock"s drip paintings are completely separate from life and that"s considered an achievement, even though he creates a 3d image on a flat plane. No part of the artwork is privileged over another part with pollock. Makes the spectator dance or engage with art. The essay alludes to the engagement of the spectator in art. Pollock"s death was the death of new art because of how he pioneered it.
