内容简介
HowdidJacksonPollockbecomeacultfigurefortheBeatGeneration?Andwhatcausedhisreputationtocontinuetosoar?ThiscompellingandoriginalAbramsclassic,nowbackinprint,locatestheartistinthecontinuumofhistimes,recreatingthesocialandculturalmilieuofNewYorkinthe1940sand1950s.WithextensiveknowledgeofPollockshabits(muchofitgainedthroughinterviews),hisreading,hisconversation,andtheexhibitionshevisited,theauthorretracesmanyofthefar-flungsourcesofPollockswork.AwealthofcomparativephotographsthatillustratepaintingsbyartistsPollockadmiredfurtherexplainstheworkofthiscomplex,tragic,andimmeasurablyinfluentialfigure.Pollocksbig,boldcanvasesarereproducedinfivecolorstoconveythebrillianceofhisnetworkoftones,hisaluminumpaint,andhissparklingcollagematerials.SixgatefoldsshowhisvasthorizontalworkswithoutdistortionandachronologyprovidesasummaryofthemajoreventsofPollockslife.