书目

Jackson Pollock

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HowdidJacksonPollockbecomeacultfigurefortheBeatGeneration?Andwhatcausedhisreputationtocontinuetosoar?ThiscompellingandoriginalAbramsclassic,nowbackinprint,locatestheartistinthecontinuumofhistimes,recreatingthesocialandculturalmilieuofNewYorkinthe1940sand1950s.WithextensiveknowledgeofPollock’shabits(muchofitgainedthroughinterviews),hisreading,hisconversation,andtheexhibitionshevisited,theauthorretracesmanyofthefar-flungsourcesofPollock’swork.AwealthofcomparativephotographsthatillustratepaintingsbyartistsPollockadmiredfurtherexplainstheworkofthiscomplex,tragic,andimmeasurablyinfluentialfigure.Pollock’sbig,boldcanvasesarereproducedinfivecolorstoconveythebrillianceofhisnetworkoftones,hisaluminumpaint,andhissparklingcollagematerials.SixgatefoldsshowhisvasthorizontalworkswithoutdistortionandachronologyprovidesasummaryofthemajoreventsofPollock’slife.

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