Wikio - Jackson Pollock

Caveney manifolds (Art as Authority)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:03:02 GMT

... dismissal of Eva Hesse's sculpture Metronomic Irregularity II as a derivative attempt to translate Jackson Pollock's drip paintings to a third-dimensional medium. Which brings us to Larry Caveney's painted sculptures, which are on display until August at the Expressive Arts Institute in Point Loma. There is no question that Caveney's work is formally rooted in Hesse's pioneering painting/sculpture...

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Windows on Chicago (The Cranky Professor)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:22:52 GMT

... exhibits, will be enough to fill the space. With creations by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol, "we have lots of stuff,'' said Cuno. "The problem is we didn't have enough space to show it all,'' he said. There are two really good reasons for windowless museums - to protect art (yes, yes, museums ARE treasure-houses of art and libraries ARE treasure-houses...

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HOW TO - Jackson Pollock Jewelry (CRAFT Magazine)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:50:09 GMT

Bits and Bobbins tips us off to this cool jewelry re-vamp on Fops and Dandies. The author uses colorful nail polish to perk up some neglected "gold" jewelry, giving it a fun Jackson Pollock-style vibe. [ Read this article ] [ Comment on this article ]

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Domestic equations (The Upward Call)

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:04:00 GMT

Take one boy of 16 years doing his own laundry. Add one work shirt, one gel pen, one washer, and one dryer, and you get Jackson Pollock artwork on the inside of your dryer.Anyone have any idea how to remove ink from the inside of a dryer?

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Montgomerie confident he is once more captain of his fate (The Irish Times)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:34:08 GMT

... golf fans around the world who have followed a long career as colourful as anything the painter Jackson Pollock ever produced. There have been stunning victories, heartbreaking losses and more resurrections than in the New Testament.A few weeks ago the eight-time European Order of Merit winner had dropped outside the top 100 of the world rankings, written off as a contender for major...

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Golf: Montgomerie still playing to the gallery but Mickelson has the real star quality (The Guardian)

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:07:11 GMT

The Scotsman is a much-loved figure in his homeland, just as he is a compelling figure for golf fans around the world who have followed a long career that has been as colourful as anything Jackson Pollock ever produced. There have been stunning victories, heartbreaking losses and more resurrections than in the New Testament. A few weeks ago the eight-time European tour Order of Merit...

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American art's heroic moment (Globe and Mail)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:21:00 GMT

New York's Jewish Museum exhibits the superstar abstract painters (Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning), the critics that built their reputations and the rest of the artists who created the American postwar art ascendancy

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Express Yourself (newyorkshitty.com)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:10:12 GMT

... Expressionism a la Christo ! Is it just my art education talking or does this have a certain Jackson Pollock-esque je nais sais quoi? Miss Heather

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Art: Not a pretty picture (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT

... In the film, produced and directed by Jeff Stimmel, he expresses his response as if channeling Jackson Pollock - abusive, profane, threatening and often drunk.Stylistically, Connelly might remind you of several famous expressionists, beginning with Vincent van Gogh, who also drank to excess, and including Chaim Soutine and Oskar Kokoschka. As with any television program about art,...

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Art Grand Slam (Popped Culture)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:02:00 GMT

What does one of the world's top athletes do once they've retired from their sport? Create Jackson Pollock-esque art, of course. Former World No. 1 woman's tennis player Martina Navratilova has created her own spin on painting, serving up paint-soaked tennis balls and firing them at a canvas.

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When high art met hi-fi (Material Interest)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:37:40 GMT

As many times as we've stared at Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm, we've never found ourselves thinking: Man, I bet this guy's got an awesome stereo system! Well, turns out that famous painting's name should have been a cluethe guy knew...

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Jackson Pollock's Hi-Fi Was Paint-Splattered Too, Played Loud [Retromodo] (Gizmodo)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:30:00 GMT

Over at The Audiophiliac they're running a story about a visit to the house where abstract painter Jackson Pollock used to live with wife Lee Krasner. Apparently the guy had a pretty cool hi-fi: a...

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Jackson Pollock's hi-fi: A work of art? (Cnet)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:56:00 GMT

The Audiophiliac visits Jackson Pollock's house and discovers the abstract expressionist painter had a decent hi-fi.

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Jackson Pollock's hi-fi: A work of art? (Crave RSS)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:56:00 GMT

The Pollock-Krasner House & Study Center. (Credit: Steve Guttenberg) I visited the Pollock-Krasner House & Study Center last week in East Hampton, New York. While I was there learned the abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock and his wife, artist Lee Krasner had a pretty cool hi-fi. Yes, I was there for the art but then I noticed the horn speaker under the stairwell to...

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Another Jackson Pollock Dispute (ArtsJournal)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:55:42 GMT

Claims a painting is Pollock. "Four experts who have examined a fingerprint on the back of the stretcher disagree about it, one asserting that it is Pollock's and another charging that the print is forged."...

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Richard Prince: Continuation, Serpentine Gallery, London (The Independent)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:00:01 GMT

When Richard Prince was growing up on the outskirts of Boston, the posters on his bedroom wall were not of The Beach Boys or his local baseball heroes but of Franz Kline and Jackson Pollock. The images did not show the artists actually painting. Prince was not particularly interested in their art. What attracted him were the artists themselves, with their machismo cool and insouciant...

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Explosive Art Created With Rocket Fuel, Gunpowder, Propellants and Bullets [Explosive Art] (Gizmodo)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:48:56 GMT

... semi-controlled way using explosive materials, he manages to create works of art that have a crazy Jackson Pollock type of energy. The whole thing is probably just an excuse for some guy to blow things up with impunity—but I definitely have to hand it to him. It is a brilliant idea.

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Behind the dollar signs (Mission & Justice)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:29:49 GMT

... investments made almost anywhere in the world in those days would have performed similarly: take Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles, bought by the National Gallery of Australia for $US2 million in 1973 and today probably worth anywhere between $US100 million ($104.6 million) and $US200 million. Greater percentage increases have been recorded in the value of the work of artists associated...

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When paint charts its course (Hindu)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:15:10 GMT

... the artist for a famous American painter and major force in the abstract expressionist movement, Jackson Pollock, is also evident. “I have dedicated many of my works to Jackson Pollock, my favourite painter,” he says.Somji considers each work an entity. He wants the viewer to take time to appreciate the steadily unravelling individuality of his complex compositions....

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Navratilova: Everything is getting too serious (Mail & Guardian)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:05:17 GMT

... else -- it couldn't be both."Top of the list of her new pursuits is ArtGrandSlam, a cross between Jackson Pollock painting and celebrity merchandising. The idea of "tennising", as it was originally called, came from an artist from her native Czech Republic. Juraj Kralik experimented with hitting tennis balls covered in paint against canvas. He tried hitting the balls himself, but...

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