I have an MA in art. I am not ashamed to say that Jackson Pollack succeeded in hood winking the art world better than anyone ever has until Hunter Biden
From all accounts, Picasso was a turd of a human being who apparently had an extremely low opinion of people who liked and purchased his art, but I did hear a story about him that made me laugh...
He was on the beach one day, and a young child came up to him with a piece of paper and a marker, and asked him if he would draw a picture for him.
This was apparently a common ruse by parents who hoped to get a valuable piece of art that they could keep and make money off, under the guise of a sweet child.
Picasso glanced around, and caught sight of the parents peering at this as it played out, and without hesitation, took the marker from the boy and drew a picture of something on the bare skin of the child’s back!
It was said that he exclaimed later “I’ll bet that boy never got another bath in his life!”
Personally, I have never been able to appreciate modern art all that much, especially not Pollock’s work. I see one once in a while that is interesting, but overall...I prefer other forms of art.
When I see most modern art, I always think of Rules #22 and #23 from “Current Communist Goals” as revealed by Dr. Cleon Skousen in “The Naked Communist” written in 1958”
22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to “eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms.”
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. “Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art.”