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What do you think of Jackson Pollock?

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I think one of the interesting aspects of Pollock's work (and other successful abstract expressionists in whatever medium including music and dance) is that while the mechanism of creation may be driven by randomness, what he chooses to keep isn't. That is, if he doesn't like what he's produced, he destroys it.

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I'd wear this.
 

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I'd say Pollack's body of work is a bit spotty.
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This thread makes me laugh. I would think that most guys who were interested in aesthetic pursuits would be interested in modern art. Apparently, that is not the case. It is too bad for those who are not, and especially for those who poo-poo it out of hand because not only is modern art interesting, it is also still happening (at least contemporary is) which makes it a very exciting thing in which to involve yourself. On a perhaps "nationalistic"
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level, it is also the important cultural phenomenon where Americans have been most involved and for a country with a young history it is good for its citizens to know of those places where it has been important and vibrant outside of solely political and financial spheres.
 

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I would think that most guys who were interested in aesthetic pursuits would be interested in modern art.
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iammatt, the fact that one is not a Jackson Pollock fan, may not mean that person is altogether averse to modern art.
 

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Every semester when I get to the lectures on Abstract Expressionism and later Minimalism, they are met with resistance.
Usually, when people see Pollock's later work in relation to his earlier work it goes a long way to illuminate what he was doing, how he was doing it, and to a certain extent why.
 

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Originally Posted by Ivan Kipling
I would think that most guys who were interested in aesthetic pursuits would be interested in modern art.
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iammatt, the fact that one is not a Jackson Pollock fan, may not mean that person is altogether averse to modern art.

No, but there is a whole lot of hatred for all abstract art in this thread. Also, a general distaste for modern art is apparent every time the subject comes up.
 

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Understood. And of course, not all modern art is abstract.
 

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Originally Posted by iammatt
No, but there is a whole lot of hatred for all abstract art in this thread. Also, a general distaste for modern art is apparent every time the subject comes up.

Yea - I don't get that either. But, since the day I set a foot in the CE forum, I realized there was absolutely no correlation between taste in clothing and emotional/rational/artistic intelligence or maturity. Some of the best dressed people on this board seem to be fairly simple-minded (to be polite).

I'm waiting for a thread on Picasso with posts like "my 2-year old can do this!"...
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Not sharing your taste is not the same as not having taste. You're invoking the old "you just don't get it" defense. I think Picasso was brilliant. I don't think Jackson Pollock was.
 

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Originally Posted by imageWIS
This at least is art:

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I don’t particularly like it, but it is art. Three lines, in 2 colors though is hardly art, and incomparable to Picasso.

Jon.

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You don't seem to get it. Sorry Dusty, sometimes it is not a defense, but the God's honest truth. When you see a Ellsworth Kelly in real life and are able to take in the simple beauty of the color and form and how powerful it can be, then you understand. The same goes for a Donald Judd. The sheer emotional power of some minimalist work is staggering.
 

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Originally Posted by designprofessor
Don't you guys think this attitude is symptomatic of the larger culture as well? And if so, why do you think people feel this way?
Yes, it is the same reason Americans tend to love mashed potatoes and filet mignon rather than squab and foie gras. Anything difficult is shunned on a cultural level.
 

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