Jackson Pollock
'Lilly of Force, 1945' (C) by Alexander Calder on display at Christie's in New York May 4, 2012 during a preview of the Post War and Contemporary Art sale to take place on May 8. The sculpture has an estimate of USD 8 million to 12 million. On the wall are 'Study for Agony' (L) by Arshile Gorky, estimate at USD 350,000 to 450,000, and 'No. 28, 1951' (R) by Jackson Pollock, estimate at USD 20 million to 30 million.
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The characters inhabiting the exhibition ... will range from George Washington and his Revolutionary Army, reconceived as a contemporary basketball team; Blackbeard and his pirate dreams; Michael Jackson Pollock, the hypothetical progeny of distinct superstars; David Lee Roth(ko); and the spirit of Joseph Beuys encapsulated in a 1963 Chevy Impala.
To preserve and interpret the artists' (Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner) living and working environmment, promote scholarship and encourage creativity.
But I would posit that if you look at someone like Jackson Pollock in the 1950sMore quotes »
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Iranian Customs Returns Seized Jackson Pollock Canvas To Tehran Museum
"Mural on Indian Red Ground was seized by the country's customs service on 11 May after being on loan to Japan. The service said it confiscated the work over money owed by the Ministry of Culture," which operates the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. BB 3:19 AM from ArtsJournal Read more »
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Jackson Pollock masterpiece returns to Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Iran had loaned the artwork to the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo to display it at Jackson Pollock: A Centennial Retrospective, which was held from February 10 to May 6, 2012. The painting, which represents Pollock's unique style of dripping pain from Payvand News of Iran Read more »
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Jackson Pollock’s “Mural on Indian Red Ground” valued at $250 million, has returned to the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art after being detained (in transit from Tokyo) at Iran customs due to outstanding debt by the Culture Ministry. from Art Observed Read more »
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Jackson Pollock Documentary At NBMMA
The 46-minute film tells of the life and death of the revolutionary conceptual artist. It features interviews with his wife, Lee Krasner, and friends and fellow artists. The 1999 film also features Ed Harris, who one year later would get an Oscar nominat from Hartford Courant Read more »
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Jackson Pollock Freedom and Originality
“Modern art was all about freedom and originality” Introduction- Jackson Pollock was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. Abstract expressionism was developed in New York in the early 1950s and introd from OpPapers.com Read more »
