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The Figurative Pollock


  • Prestel
  • Expo: 2/10/2016 - 22/1/2017, Kunstmuseum, Basel
  • by Edited by Josef Helfenstein & Nina Zimmer
Jackson Pollock's name has become synonymous with the abstract drip paintings that he famously created on the floor of his studio. Before these paintings, from the 1930s to the late 1940s, Pollock created figurative works. The Figurative Pollock features 100 paintings and works on paper. From rolling landscapes to experiments in non-Western totemic painting to sketches and drawings fueled by Jungian analysis, the enormous range of Pollock's early and late work is presented here.

ISBN 9783791355863 | E | HB
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Publisher Prestel
ISBN 9783791355863
Author(s) Edited by Josef Helfenstein & Nina Zimmer
Publication date October 2016
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 270 x 200 mm
Illustrations 150 col. & bw ill.
Pages 208
Language(s) Eng. ed.
Exhibition Kunstmuseum, Basel
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Jackson Pollock’s name has become synonymous with the abstract drip paintings that he famously created on the floor of his studio. Before these paintings, from the 1930s to the late 1940s, Pollock created figurative works, studying at one time under the painter Thomas Hart Benton and with the Mexican muralists Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Pollock took up figuration again after his amous drip paintings. This book starts with the early decades and also treats Pollock’s readoption of the figuration after his renowned abstract paintings.

The Figurative Pollock features 100 paintings and works on paper. From rolling landscapes to experiments in non-Western totemic painting to sketches and drawings fueled by Jungian analysis, the enormous range of Pollock’s early and late work is presented here. Brimming with confidence and a sense of freedom, distinct yet so easily related to Pollock’s most famous oeuvre, these works contribute to an understanding of how the artist found his voice.