Legendary abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock (1912 56) is most famous for the frenetic, highly textured works created through his trademark drip technique in which he poured paint from its can directly onto the canvas. "Pollock Matters" explores, for the first time, the personal and artistic interrelationship between the notorious artist and noted Swiss-born photographer and graphic designer Herbert Matter. Published to coincide with an exhibition at Boston College s McMullen Museum of Art, "Pollock Matters "traces a close friendship that spanned almost two decades, beginning...
Legendary abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock (1912 56) is most famous for the frenetic, highly textured works created through his trademar...
As a major member of the New York School, Barnett Newman is celebrated for his radical explorations of color and scale and, as a precursor to the Minimalist movement, for his significant contribution to the development of twentieth-century American art. But if his reputation and place in history have grown progressively more secure, the work he produced remains highly resistant to interpretation. His paintings are rigorously abstract, and his writings full of references to arcane metaphysical concepts. Frustrated over their inability to reconcile the works with what the artist said about...
As a major member of the New York School, Barnett Newman is celebrated for his radical explorations of color and scale and, as a precursor to the Mini...
