tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post2642386374690131139..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Jack the DripperUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-60746138068463411582010-12-05T04:11:02.542-05:002010-12-05T04:11:02.542-05:00Thank you for this thoughtful appraisal... I too a...Thank you for this thoughtful appraisal... I too am an artist who recently watched the Pollock film after putting off watching it for many years assuming that it would have a certain sentimentality.. I was wrong and came away impressed... His murderous self-destruction is vividly and objectively captured in the film. <br />the reductionism you so rightly decry has been so limiting, and I was interested in your take on the more traditional artists and curators who supported Pollock. I personally feel Pollock's sense of himself as an international artist with shared transatlantic concerns is not generally stressed enough, Dubuffet, for example is key... <br /><br />Thank You.<br />Phil King Oakland CAphilip kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04981824550048776329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-22666430738964751952010-08-04T12:35:15.524-04:002010-08-04T12:35:15.524-04:00A bit beyond me, but thanks!
I think the Krasner...A bit beyond me, but thanks! <br /><br />I think the Krasners are fascinating as are Pollok's earlier pieces. <br /><br />And I did think of Leonardo ;=)Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-68670118966079509382010-08-03T17:23:29.870-04:002010-08-03T17:23:29.870-04:00I studied Fine Art (Watercolor emphasis) starting ...I studied Fine Art (Watercolor emphasis) starting in the Fall of 1961)...Pollock was a inspiration to me, one of the ¨freedom¨ givers, who allowed me to breakout of my own fear of being mediocre (a joy I still nurture)...I too was very active as a alcoholic but got to the ¨falling off place¨ at 35...later, after a career in retail and wholesale/product development, I started painting again (for money), interestingly, at least to me, I paint wildly vivid action painting as underpainting and then do pointillism on top...the action undershapes are so alive to me...they literally take me where I think I need to go...I´m lost in the shapes, the depth the textures on textures...the building process that sometimes includes spraying too. <br /><br />Thank you for my revist to Pollock...I know drunks, I am one and he and them make sense to me (even dry, I identify and can follow the insanity of it all).<br /><br />Mil gracias,<br />LenLeonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-17800288394291203522010-08-03T11:25:14.906-04:002010-08-03T11:25:14.906-04:00Grandmere,
I've heard about the movie for 10 ...Grandmere,<br /><br />I've heard about the movie for 10 years and just never got around to watching it.<br /><br />As I get older, I like Pollock's work more and I like him less. It was the other way around in my art student days.<br /><br />You're always welcome.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-43206015073220338732010-08-03T10:59:03.717-04:002010-08-03T10:59:03.717-04:00Counterlight, I can't believe that you, an art...Counterlight, I can't believe that you, an artist, are just now seeing the Pollock movie for the first time. It's powerful, and was, for me, difficult to watch. Growing up with an alcoholic father, I'm not inclined to cut drunks much slack for their outrageous behavior while under the influence. I know alcoholics are wounded human beings, and they have their reasons, but still....<br /><br />Ed Harris is one terrific actor in nearly every role he plays.<br /><br />With you, I admire Pollock's pre-drip painting more than the later work. However, once I saw the drip style in the flesh, I liked the paintings more. It's amazing how art comes to life when not seen through the filter of a camera lens - some artists' work more than others.<br /><br />Lee Krasner's paintings are extraordinarily good. I love them. I don't know why she put up with Pollock's behavior for so long, but my mother did the same.<br /><br />Thanks again for the excellent art history lesson.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com