Essays on Jackson Pollock

The structural frame is concerned with identifying signs and symbols artists may use in their artwork and further examines the visual and formal qualities of an artwork, media and techniques. For artists, art is a way of communication. It allows an individual to open up and express themselves through certain qualities that specifically relate to...

Chance has been a crucial creative strategy for many modern artists. Beginning largely with the Dada movement from late 1910’s artists have involved elements of chance in their work by the methods they use in creation and the presentation of their work. In the wake of world war 1 the western world was torn apart...

During the era of contemporary art, artists with similar circumstances have different opinions, different experiences in their culture and society, which leads to them to have different styles and genres of their artistry. Jackson Pollock’s abstract expressionist painting “Blue Poles”, includes the technique of dripping and pouring oil paint onto the canvas that evokes a...

So, who does get to decide if art is great? To answer this question, I begin with discussing the two biggest art movements that dominated the 20th century, Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. Abstract expressionism was a post-world war 2 movement developed in the 1940’s the name for it was first applied by art critic,...