ABSTRACT PAINTING

                                                                                                                             Nº 5

Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956), known professionally as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting.

During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety; he was a major artist of his generation.

In its edition of August 8th, 1949, Life magazine ran a feature article about Jackson Pollock that bore this question in the headline: "Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" Could a painter who flung paint at canvases with a stick, who poured and hurled it to create roiling vortexes of color and line, possibly be considered "great"? New York's critics certainly thought so.

Pollock's greatness lies in developing one of the most radical abstract styles in the history of modern art, detaching line from color, redefining the categories of drawing and painting, and finding new means to describe pictorial space.

Students from SIES Humanes in Cubas have become "Abstract painters" by imitating Pollock, dripping paint as he did.  If you would like to create your own painting you can have a look at the following video and try to find some inspiration. Dare to do it!!!

    

Here you have some pictures of the students working in the class.

 And the final result!!!!!