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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > me if/why people actually like Jackson Pollock
 
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axolotl farmer
May 17, 2007

Now I'm going to sing the Perry Mason theme

 I'm nthing that Pollock paintings look like nothing much on a computer screen or in a book.

Up close they are fantastic. Lots of textures and things that doesn't come through in a photo. There's a reason it was called 'Action painting'.

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axolotl farmer
May 17, 2007

Now I'm going to sing the Perry Mason theme

 However everyone who has some degree of taste knows that Rabo Karabekian was the real talent of the abstract impressionist movement. :smug:

Too bad nearly all of his works have been lost, though.

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axolotl farmer
May 17, 2007

Now I'm going to sing the Perry Mason theme

Septic Knothead posted:

http://discovermagazine.com/2001/nov/featpollock

Here's an article that describes the underlying fractal qualities of his paintings. I don't really know much about the theory or the underlying math, but it doesn't strike me as pretentious artsy-fartsy bullshit. I have seen some of Pollock's work in person and it is quite impressive.

The fractal nature of Pollock paintings is most likely complete bullshit.

http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2006/11/30/pollock


Untitled no. 5 Kate Jones-Smith

This painting made in photoshop is authenticated as a genuine Pollock by the same fractal analysis.

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