College One: Contextual Influences: Jackson Pollock...

Jackson Pollock is an American artist that was a major figure in the Abstract Expressionist Movement. He uses the unusual process at that time of laying a large of canvas on the floor and applies the paint onto the canvas using his technique now known as the 'drip' technique. Art for and to Pollock was about the movement and the creativity of the piece, rather than the finished piece itself. Pollock invented a form of Abstract Art that he called 'Action Painting', he would throw tubs of paint onto the canvas and sometimes work into them using unusual materials such as: sticks and hardened brushes etc, the paint flown from his chosen painting tool to the canvas. Pollock admits to feeling at ease on the floor because he can be closer to his painting and is able to walk around it. Pollack's approach and technique towards painting creates unique layers of colour, surfaces and textures- all aspects I want to be gained when the group workshop is finished.