Jackson Pollock splashed paint and wasn't sorry

BOOKS
Fausto Gilberti, 2019
Hardback

Publisher: Phaidon.

ISBN: 9780714879086

Dimensions: 215 × 215 mm (8 1/2 × 8 1/2 in)

Pages: 48
£24.50

A clever, charmingly quirky portrayal of painter Jackson Pollock.

For curious kids, age 4 to 99.

 

A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, Pollock was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles. It was called all-over painting and action painting, since he covered the entire canvas and used the force of his whole body to paint, often in a frenetic dancing style.