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Kaius  ·  4185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Great Art in Ugly Rooms

Jackson Pollock. Every time I see his work I immediately recognise it and my first thought is always "I could so make one of those".





AshShields  ·  4183 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's exactly what I thought before I studied him. After, I'm in awe at his process. At the time, it was absolutely groundbreaking, and the influences he had were pretty stunning. A lot of Jungian thinking went into his work.

achughes  ·  4185 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Best take I've heard on modern art from the NC Museum of Art:

"I could have done that! Yea but you didn't"

Kaius  ·  4185 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh yea he 'discovered' his approach and made it famous. I don't mean to say that he didn't deserve his success, I just think that on a skill level I look at Manet for example and I know I could never produce something like it.

achughes  ·  4185 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Most of the early modernist and people like pollock were trained to paint in a realist style, but whats the point? Artistically there really isn't anything new to discover by painting another Manet.