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Jackson Pollock

Geburtstag: 28. Januar 1912
Todesdatum: 11. August 1956

Paul Jackson Pollock war ein US-amerikanischer Maler des abstrakten Expressionismus der New York School.

Pollock wurde bekannt mit der von ihm begründeten Stilrichtung des Action Painting. Seine im Drip-Painting-Verfahren angefertigten großformatigen Werke brachten ihm bereits zu Lebzeiten den Spitznamen „Jack the Dripper“ ein.

Pollock war mit der Malerin Lee Krasner verheiratet, mit der er eine Ateliergemeinschaft hatte.

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„Vor einiger Zeit schrieb ein Kritiker, meine Bilder hätten weder Anfang noch Ende. Das meinte er nicht als Kompliment, aber es war eins. Es war ein feines Kompliment“

— Jackson Pollock
in Bernhard Kerber: Amerikanische Kunst seit 1945 - ihre theoretischen Grundlagen. Reclam Stuttgart 1971. S. 88

„Wenn ich in meinem Bild bin, bin ich mir nicht bewußt, was ich tue. Erst nach einer Periode des Vertrautwerdens sehe ich, was ich gemacht habe.“

— Jackson Pollock
in Jürgen Claus: Theorien zeitgenössischer Malerei in Selbstzeugnissen. Rowohlt 1963. S. 63, auch in Kammerlohr, "Epochen der Kunst", Band 5; Oldenbourg Verlag 1995

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„No chaos, damn it.“

— Jackson Pollock

„As to what I would like to be. It is difficult to say. An Artist of some kind. If nothing else I shall always study the Arts. People have always frightened and bored me, consequently I have been within my own shell and have not accomplished anything materially.“

— Jackson Pollock
Quote in Pollock's letter, Los Angeles 22 October, 1929 to Charles and Frank in New York; published in: Jackson Pollock (2011) American Letters: 1927-1947. p. 16

„I don't care for 'Abstract expressionism'.... and it is certainly not 'non-objective', and not 'non-representational' either. I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But when you're painting out of your consciousness, figures are bound to emerge. We're all of us influenced by Freud, I guess. I've been a Jungian for a long time... Painting is a state of being... Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.“

— Jackson Pollock
In an interview (1956); published in Conversations with Artists, by Seldon Rodman, New York, Capricorn Books, 1961, pp. 84-85

„When I am in my painting, I am not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a short of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.“

— Jackson Pollock
In 'Possibilities', Vol. 1, no 1, winter 1947-48, p. 79; as quoted in Jackson Pollock (1983) by Elizabeth Frank, p. 68

„Love is friendship set to music.“

— Jackson Pollock

„every good artist paints what he is“

— Jackson Pollock

„I accept the fact that the important painting of the last hundred years was done in France. American painters have generally missed the point of modern painting from beginning to end... Thus the fact that good European moderns [European artists who lived in the U. S. because of the Nazi-regime] are now here is very important, for they bring with them an understanding of the problems of modern painting. I am particularly impressed with their concept of the source of art being the unconscious. These idea interests me more than these specific artists do, for the two artists I admire most, Picasso and Joan Miró, are still abroad.“

— Jackson Pollock
As quoted in Abstract Expressionism: Creators and Critics, ed. Clifford Ross, Abrahams Publishers, New York, 1990, p. 138

„Well, method is, it seems to me, a natural growth out of a need, and from a need the modern artist has found new ways of expressing the world about him. I happen to find ways that are different from the usual techniques, which seems a little strange at the moment, but I don't think there's anything very different about it. I paint on the floor and this isn't unusual – the Orientals did that.“

— Jackson Pollock
pp. 142-143

„My work with Benton was important as something against which to react very strongly, later on; in this, it was better to have worked with him than with a less resistant personality who would have provided a much less strong opposition. At the same time Benton introduced me to Renaissance art. [remark on his former art-teacher w:Thomas Hart Benton ]“

— Jackson Pollock
As quoted in Abstract Expressionism: Creators and Critics, ed. Clifford Ross, Abrahams Publishers, New York 1990, p. 137

„Modern art to me is nothing more than the expression of contemporary aims of the age we're living in... All cultures have had means and techniques of expressing their immediate aims – the Chinese, the Renaissance, all cultures. The thing that interests me is that today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source, they work from within.“

— Jackson Pollock
p. 140

„The modern artist is living in a mechanical age and we have a mechanical means of representing objects in nature such as the camera and photograph. The modern artist, it seems to me, is working and expressing an inner world – in other words – expressing the energy, the motion and the other inner forces.... the modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.“

— Jackson Pollock
pp. 139-140

„It came into existence because I had to paint it. Any attempt on my part to say something about it, to attempt explanation of the inexplicable, could only destroy it. [1947, on his painting 'She wolf']“

— Jackson Pollock
As quoted in Abstract Expressionism, David Anfam, Thames and Hudson Ltd London, 1990, p. 87

„I've had a period of drawing on canvas in black – with some of my early images coming thru -, think the non-objectivists will find them disturbing – and the kids who think it simple to splash a 'Pollock' out.“

— Jackson Pollock
Quote from Pollock's letter to Alfonso A. Ossorio and Edward Dragon (1951); as quoted in Abstract Expressionism (1990) by David Anfam, p. 175

„My concern is with the rhythms of nature... I work inside out, like nature.“

— Jackson Pollock
Quoted in Leonhard Emmerling (2003) Jackson Pollock: 1912-1956 Taschen, p. 48

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„Vor einiger Zeit schrieb ein Kritiker, meine Bilder hätten weder Anfang noch Ende. Das meinte er nicht als Kompliment, aber es war eins. Es war ein feines Kompliment“

„Wenn ich in meinem Bild bin, bin ich mir nicht bewußt, was ich tue. Erst nach einer Periode des Vertrautwerdens sehe ich, was ich gemacht habe.“

„No chaos, damn it.“

„As to what I would like to be. It is difficult to say. An Artist of some kind. If nothing else I shall always study the Arts. People have always frightened and bored me, consequently I have been within my own shell and have not accomplished anything materially.“

„Love is friendship set to music.“

„every good artist paints what he is“

„It came into existence because I had to paint it. Any attempt on my part to say something about it, to attempt explanation of the inexplicable, could only destroy it. [1947, on his painting 'She wolf']“

„I've had a period of drawing on canvas in black – with some of my early images coming thru -, think the non-objectivists will find them disturbing – and the kids who think it simple to splash a 'Pollock' out.“

„My concern is with the rhythms of nature... I work inside out, like nature.“

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