How Art Arrived At Jackson Pollock

SOURCES

Justin Spring, "Jackson Pollock, Superstar"
New England Review (1990-), Vol. 20, No. 1 (Winter, 1999), pp. 44-55

Sam Hunter and Bernard Karpel, "Jackson Pollock"
The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art, Vol. 24, No. 2, Jackson Pollock (1956 - 1957), pp. 3-16+18-19+21-36

Michael Fried, Jackson Pollock
Reading Abstract Expressionism
Yale University Press. (2005)

William Hauptman, "Juries, Protests, and Counter-Exhibitions before 1850"
The Art Bulletin, Vol. 67, No. 1 (Mar., 1985), pp. 95-109

Robert C. Hobbs, "Early Abstract Expressionism and Surrealism"
Art Journal, Vol. 45, No. 4, The Visionary Impulse: An American Tendency (Winter, 1985), pp. 299-302

Juliet Wilson-Bareau, "The Salon des Refusés of 1863: A New View"
The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 149, No. 1250, French Art (May, 2007), pp. 309-319

MUSIC

Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 4"

Chris Zabriskie, "Another Version Of You"

Chris Zabriskie, "Pick Up A Convict On Alcatraz"

Chris Zabriskie, "We Always Thought The Future Would Be Kind Of Fun"

Chris Zabriskie, "Out of the Skies, Under the Earth"

Chris Zabriskie, "Candlepower"

Chris Zabriskie, "Oxygen Garden"

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[gnarlymiasma]

i honestly wish you made a series entirely dedicated to specific art movements and their respective representatives. you really have a fascinating way of explaining how things came to be

[JoshuaChew]

the sound editing in this video is phenomenal.

[jacquelynplantier]

Do you ever just open a new nerdwriter video absentmindedly and then promptly close it and add to watch later because you need to save it for your undivided attention

[khairulhaikal]

The time that took to edit the sound in this video is the real art I can feel. Though may go unnoticed, I just think its Beautiful.

[faulkarc]

I wonder how much this shift in art was a reaction to the invention of the camera.

[drew]

I remember seeing a Pollock at the museum during art school. After staring at it for a few minutes my instructor said "I dont get it, you're on your own with this one".. lol.

[jessed]

It is no coincidence this all began when photography was invented.

[clutchcobra]

“Paintings no longer represent...Today it has become the role of the painting to look at the spectator and ask them: what do you represent?”
- thanks so much for introducing me to this quote from Wolfgang Paalen. It’s helped me understand so much of what I’ve felt when looking at the abstract.

[Dratio]

Feel like I'm oblivious to fine art. there are always people talking about pieces that made them feel deep emotion and had them standing in awe for several minutes. I've been to several galleries and never felt that. seen a few Pollocks and never felt they were 'staring back at me'. To me they're pleasantly energetic squiggly lines. Frustrating that everyone else sees this profound depth I'm apparently blind to.

[zifircin]

I was surprised how physically large that painting was when I saw it in person

[faridfadel]

I like the fast tempo of this clip . The message is so condensed and words synchronize perfectly with the selected images taking us on a quick journey into the making of Modernism . Bravo

[mechinni]

Wassily Kandinsky influenced by:
-the impressionists
-the fauvisits
-music
-GEOMETRIC SPIRITUALITY OF THEOSOPHY

[storiestoloseyourselfin]

Nerdwriter reminds me of the artistry that the analysis of art can have, possibly just as much as the art being analyzed.

[CianHamilton]

This reminds me of Chaos Theory. Things going from simple to complex until there is nothing left but uninterpretable static noise.

[peterbellini]

"...I don't know that I could describe the feeling, but I didn't have to go searching for it either". You just communicated the essence of experiencing Art mentally, physiologically and emotionally regardless of what type of Art it is.
Congrats Nerdwriter1, you crushed it!

[xavierwehrli]

This is just really well made content. It’s obvious how much care goes into each of these videos.

[adrianghandtchi]

I don’t enjoy modern art, but from lately what I learned is that I can appreciate it. Thank you for sharing

[RafireRocksNRules]

Robert Florczak, an artist and illustrator, did a test to his graduate students which consisted in:
- Analyse the following painting by Pollock and explain why it's good.
His students gave him very eloquent answers, full of compliments.
But later he told them that it wasn't really a Pollock painting, it was just a close up of Florczak's studio apron.

[tsartomato]

And now we have arrived to the pinnacle of modern art

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[bejn.]

It kills it for me when i imagine artist just splashing color onto the canvas and not giving a shit if it represents something or if it has meaning...