To: dangus
"What does Jackson Pollack have to do with this story?"
I wondered that, myself. The group did not view a Pollack, as far as I could tell.
4 posted on
10/30/2005 10:09:18 AM PST by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: MineralMan; dangus
"What does Jackson Pollack have to do with this story?" I wondered that, myself. The group did not view a Pollack, as far as I could tell.
(For now, the tours focus on representational art, on the theory that it's an easier touchstone for narratives and memories. There are no Pollocks, for example.)
Modern art includes Pollock's abstract stuff. I showed a typical work of Pollock in case someone isn't familiar with him.
6 posted on
10/30/2005 10:28:51 AM PST by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: MineralMan; neverdem
IIRC, Picasso started the abstract ball rolling with cubism and Pollack followed shortly with abstract expressionism. Either way I think they are both great examples of art that defies word and explanation.
I love abstract painting and modern art in general (specific pieces, of course, not all), but I can't for the life of me explain why (even to myself).
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907.
![](http://www.csiss.org/classics/uploads/les-demoiselles_d-avignon_1907.jpg)
7 posted on
10/30/2005 10:34:36 AM PST by
Dark Skies
("A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants." -- Churchill)
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