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| JACKSON POLLOCK (1912-1956) Beer-swilling, macho and misunderstood in the main, Pollock is one of American art’s most tragic legends, struggling with a difficult personal life and dying in a car crash, seen as a commanding figure of the Abstract-expressionist movement. His ‘drip-splash’ method of painting, though in reality only lasting about 4 years, is the style with which he is synonymous. With his canvas lying flat to the floor, Pollock would stand over it and slosh paint in dribbly tickles all over it, disguising the ‘beginning’ or focus point, leading the eye in a frenzy over the colourful, abstract design. |
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