Formal Analysis on Artwork

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Jackson Pollock's greatness is measured in modern art styles, which redefines drawing

and painting categories and new ways of describing and analyzing portraits or pictorial space. In

the Museum of Modern Art, New York city Jackson Pollock mounted a critical exhibition

entitled Picasso. The production made Pollock recognize the powers of European modernism,

which had rejected his artwork and embraced American art.

To diversify his artwork, he started new semi-abstract totemic compositions. During the

First World war, unique art styles were developed mainly in New York, which influenced a new

path in the artwork. During the mid-1940s, Jackson Pollock introduced the kind of art called drip

painting. The painting represented one of the original styles of art in that century, and also it

influenced the change of style in artworks in America. The new art forms suggested that life

forces in nature by itself.1 Most of the artworks done by Jackson were either laid on the walls or

set on the floor instead of fixing them on an easel.

The unique thing about Jackson Pollock's artwork is that he could allow the paint to drip

from the paint can. In the drawing, he added the depth of the picture by using knives and sticks

rather than what everyone was using, which is the paintbrush. In the image, Jackson has also

used a method called -overpainting. This kind of painting from Jackson avoids instances where

distinct points are observed, and hence no clear emphasis can be put on the image. This image

created using the design has no relationship to the canvas used to work on the painting.

Another unique feature of this painting is that Jackson has not used any dimensions to

ensure that the image fits in the frame; he has trimmed or cropped the image. Autumn Rhythm,

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1 Cole, Simon A. "Jackson Pollock, judge Pollak, and the dilemma of fingerprint expertise." In Expertise in
regulation and law, pp. 98-120. Routledge, 2017.
completed in 1950, is a picture of nonrepresentation with a thin paint applied to it. 2 From the

image, stretched canvas lay flat on the floor instead of being put on a prop. In this image, there is

no central point of focus. The size of Autumn Rhythm is 37 inches wide, and it is full of dynamic

visual rhythms. According to Pollock, artwork must give specific and meaningful content.

Option 2

Many new advancements characterized artwork between 1930 and 1980 in terms of the

developed art style. Each of these artworks had its importance and theme, which was used to

distinguish it from the other. I have some of the paintings from this exciting period.

One of the artworks I find interesting is Black Folk art by Bruce Kurtz. This type of art

was used to speak about the nature of American culture. 3 The artwork has been taken with much

attention by many countries because it demonstrates honesty and meaningful subject matter. The

most exciting thing about the painting is that it mainly focuses on the cultural life of a specific

community. Cultural heritage in this artwork has been given priority because some of the objects

used in our communities have been included.

From Black Folk art, there are also some of the issues relating to Black enslavement

used. It is interesting to see that the suffering of Africans being displayed in art painting.

Metropolitan Museum
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Sapountzis, Ionas. "From Jackson Pollock to psychic blades: Climbing the semiotic ladder in working with children
with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder." Psychoanalytic Psychology 37, no. 4 (2020): 305.

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Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt, and H. Jones Mack. Black Reconstruction in America: Toward a history of the
part which black folk played to reconstruct democracy in America, 1860-1880. Routledge, 2017.
 It is another form of artwork that existed in 1950. This artwork was so unique and

exciting that there is no specific conclusion you can come up with. It is also interesting that

Jackson never used painting brushes in his work. It is also exciting to look at the image with your

eyes. Few artists can use some of Jackson's themes in his artwork. This has helped him acquire

higher status in the international scene. It is also amazing to see how he does not have to keep the

measurement of his image. He always crops the idea for the portraits to fit in the frame. These

are some things that help him stand out as being unique.

American Gothic

This is a type of artwork that was developed by Grant Wood, who was an American

painter. His artworks are well known for paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. The

artwork depicts the rural life of America. I find it interesting with this artwork that most people

in America viewed it as a joke. It is also interesting because the painting was produced when the

great depression had ravaged most of the population in America. It also stands out to be unique

in that it was a distinctive home developed in the form of artwork.

Cubism

This artwork was developed by Pablo Picasso in 1973. African artworks influenced the

painting, and the artwork revolutionized some of the movements concerned with music and

architecture. The most interesting fact about the artwork is that some of the music sculptures

were developed. These sculptures give the actual situation of some of the activities carried out

during the period.

 References:

Cole, Simon A. "Jackson Pollock, judge Pollak, and the dilemma of fingerprint expertise." In

Expertise in regulation and law, pp. 98-120. Routledge, 2017.

Sapountzis, Ionas. "From Jackson Pollock to psychic blades: Climbing the semiotic ladder in

working with children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder." Psychoanalytic

Psychology 37, no. 4 (2020): 305.

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt, and H. Jones Mack. Black Reconstruction in America:

Toward a history of the part which black folk played to reconstruct democracy in

America, 1860-1880. Routledge, 2017.