Jackson Pollock
Subtitle: new approaches
By: edited by Kirk Varnedoe and Pepe Karmel.
Contributors: Varnedoe, Kirk, 1946-; Karmel, Pepe.; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses; Abstract expressionism -- United States -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "Jackson Pollock is widely considered the most challenging and influential American artist of the twentieth century. In his revolutionary paintings of the late 1940s, he poured paint into complex webs of interlacing lines, rhythmically punctuated by pools of color. With their allover composition, apparent abstraction, and spontaneous but controlled paint-handling, these powerful works announced the emergence of Abstract Expressionism.".

"In 1998-99, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, organized a landmark retrospective of Pollock's work, making it possible for a new generation of artists and viewers to experience his paintings firsthand. During the exhibition, nine leading scholars gathered at the Museum to discuss Pollock's work and its meaning today.

Their essays, collected in this volume, demonstrate the continued relevance of Pollock's work for contemporary art, and the vitality and diversity of contemporary criticism."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Exhibition held Nov. 1, 1999 to Feb. 2, 1999 at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Includes index.