Art lends itself to such a non-linear perspective at times that its madness spills over to life and vice versa. Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) is an eligible study in this theory of artistic madness.
One of the most influential artists of the Post Modernist Movement, Jackson Pollock, was known for his "Drip Painting Techniques." In this art form, Pollock would let the Enamel Paints drip and roam around freely on Canvas, creating patterns and random expressionist icons in the process. However, attributing Jackson Pollock's fame to only the Drip Series of artwork would be like either underestimating the artist or misunderstanding art.
It is a huge task to bring a random yet sensible paint movement & originality, simultaneously on to a flat surface. Therefore, "Drip Technique" has got very little to do with the final product. Jackson Pollock went beyond art techniques to explore this paint "movement" in his Drip Paintings. Of course, his way of working was weird. He used to paint on a laid down Canvas, and used Spoons, Brooms, Ladles, and Gardening Implements, as Art Tools, a process definitely against the "conventional" art techniques of Paint and Brush. Jackson used to dance his Shaman Dance when he painted. In Jackson Pollock's own words, he "lived in his paintings," as he let the paintings create themselves. Not all this however, could ever take away the spirit that swirled in Pollock's Drip Paintings.
Jackson Pollock's paintings can be divided into two major categories; his early abstract, almost Neo-Picasso Style Abstractions and the "Drip Paintings." The Neo-Picasso Abstracts were stark and boldly drawn art pieces, which invited comparisons with Paul Klee style watercolors based artworks. Pollock's works however stood out distinct in their colors and ideas. Then in the late forties, came the series of the "Drip Art" that catapulted Pollock into a league of his own. This was also the time when Jackson Pollock started labeling his Drip Artworks as Numbers rather than Art Titles. For example, his paintings would be called "No.5," instead of being conventionally named or Titled.
Jackson Pollock's artworks borrowed heavily in spirit from Indian Sand Painters, for whom making the painting was a part of a ritualistic dance. The Indians believed that a painting creates itself and a painter was only a participant in this cosmic creation. This Indian artistic conviction influenced Pollock's major body of work for which he is known today.
Jackson Pollock's life was as random and abrupt as his paintings. Although he had a happy married life with a noted artist Lee Krasner, he had to struggle with alcoholism throughout his life. He died in a car crash in 1956, when he was driving under the influence of alcohol. Though Pollock does not live to witness his fame today, his artworks remain. His works keep getting categorized between "Decorative Wall Paper" and "Monumental Creations, Which Do Not Carry the Burden of History," by critics and art lovers.
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