Author : Jackson Pollock
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles by : Jackson Pollock
Download or read book Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles written by Jackson Pollock and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jackson Pollock's masterpiece, Blue poles 1952, has become an Australian icon and a key part of this country's cultural history. For some, its controversial purchase by the National Gallery in 1973 signalled Australia's economic and cultural dependence on the United States, while for others it showed that Australia was renegotiating its traditional ties and allegiances to Britain. This publication situates Blue poles in the broader development of Pollock's career. Featuring paintings, drawings and prints produced from 1933 to 1952, it reveals Pollock's interest in Mexican mural painting, French Surrealism and Native American art. Essays look at the artist's life, at Blue poles' first exhibition in New York in 1952, and its later reception in the US and Australia, from the 1970s to the present.