What is the allure of painters like pollock?

Question

I'm kinda confused. I don't really understand why people like paint splatter. Am I interpreting it wrong? I really need to understand this.

Answer 1

My friend, a lot of people in this world are stupid. Pollock took advantage of that. You should too.



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Answer 2

Today, meaning these days, the allure of a Jackson Pollock paintings just may be the high value its worth in the marketplace. But, to answer his early success as the bold individual he was is to realize the shock value his paintings created. Nobody had ever taken such large canvases before and boldly poured paint directly from paint cans onto the canvas. His results were bold clear colors and not muddy. He had control. That's not say other artists cannot do it but he did it first. Also, if you study an artists work you will see the brain is doing the work in advance of the hand action. In most cases you would be studying brush strokes and placement on the canvas or paper noting the similarities. Artists tend to start their works the same way. While it's not obvious without studying many examples it is how experts can often tell what is an original from a forgery. Lastly, museums and collectors are usually the only places very large works can be sourced. Most homes could never handle a giant painting. Pollock did these masterpieces knowing the eventual outcome would be geared to these collection sources.

Answer 3

What's to understand?

Either you dig it or you don't.

I like 'em. I've seen the ones at the Met.

Don't read too much into them,...

Except that he was the first,...

& as far as I'm concerned,

should also be the only one.

Answer 4

did you try google? maybe they get it