Jackson Pollock No.1

 Jackson Pollock, Number 1A, 1948, 1948, (oil and enamel on canvas, 68 in. x 8 ft. 8 in. Possible cigarettes  buts [172.7 x 264.2 cm]), The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase. OT 186

Jackson Pollock's No. 1 has so mins lines & layers of black & white with airlessness of his layers & lines. He would restrain his use of colors, even dignified as black, white, tan, & aluminum gray. He shows it in his paintings by how the dignified colors are poured & dripped & can be wild. I really love this painting because when I first saw it I had two thoughts. One was that it reminded me of something I made when I was in 

kindergarten with a marble & paint. The second was that I felt very I guess frustrated or mad by just looking at this piece so I didn't really like it at first. But then later on the more I thought about it & hearing about Jackson Pollock & his struggles with art I found myself relating to him & loving this piece. Because I myself am getting use to new areas of art but I'd say my best would be abstract for now. The way that this relates to drawing is that lines & lines are used & layered. And you get a really big feel when you look at this piece of how black & white & the other colors are used.

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