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The Case for Jackson Pollock | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

You’ve heard of Jackson Pollock and know of his infamous “drip paintings,” but what is it that you’re supposed to do when you look at his work today? Why did it cause shockwaves in 1947, and what does it mean now? We explore the life, evolution, and legacy of Jackson Pollock.

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We apologize for the following errors and omissions:
– Jackson Pollock was sympathetic to leftist causes but never an official member of the Communist Party. He did participate in the creation of large scale public works for gatherings of the American Communist Party while part of the workshop of Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros, including a float for the 1936 May Day parade. Find out more here: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-pollock-siqueiros-fought-fascism-radical-art.
– The photograph shown at 6:57 is inexplicably and inexcusably upside down.
– The photographs of the interior and exterior of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center are by photographer John Griffin and appear courtesy of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, NY.

Learn more about Pollock and Abstract Expressionism:
Smarthistory: https://smarthistory.org/why-is-that-important-looking-at-jackson-pollock/
MoMA: https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/abstract-expressionism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WkUjPz0nQQ
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock
Getty Conservation Institute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWAbVpkV0jQ&t=147s

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