The Life and Art of Jackson Pollock

             "When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is
             only after a sort of "get acquainted" period that I see what I have been
             about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc.,
             because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.
             It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess.
             Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting
             Jackson Pollock was a revolutionary artist of his times. His vision of
             painting brought a revolution in the world of art. In this paper I will
             delve into the life of the great artist and throw light on his achievements
             as perceived through the society. Pollock's work is highly distinctive from
             other artists of his times due to the technique described as action
             paintings'. His critics describe his work of art as the distribution of
             color and shapes that create undifferentiated symmetry making his paintings
             sadistic, with emphasis on strong emotional disorientation that was present
             in his turbulent lifestyle. Though his work was chaotic to others of the
             same genre the paintings were masterpieces of precision.
             Jackson Pollock was born on 28 January 1912, in Cody, Wyoming, to his
             parents LeRoy McCoy Pollock and Stella McClure Pollock. The family
             relocated to Arizona and later California when Pollock was less than a year
             old. His paintings contain childhood memories of seeing his father work as
             a surveyor and on road crews at the Grand Canyon and in the Southwest.
             Pollock, Precisely, his work is greatly influenced by the picturesque
             His interest in developing his passion into a career was fostered
             while attending Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles. Charles and
             Sanford, his siblings, were also budding artists. In 1930 Pollock moved to
             the east coast and began to attend Benton's class at the League.
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