Pollock’s technique was drip painting. He used paints that were called alkyd enamels, he painted with hardened brushes, he poured and dripped paint with these tools. He later developed the ability of viewing and applying paint to the canvas from every direction. Since, Abstract Expressionism is mainly splashes or layers of color and you can’t tell anything that’s going on, that’s how Pollock’s work was. People, see no picture that’s exactly how they know it’s this style.“ I took one look at it and thought, “Now that’s great art,” and I knew Jackson was the greatest painter this country had produced.- art critic Clement Greenberg”. Many thought that Abstract Expressionism was strange, and had no meaning to it whatsoever but it actually did. However, this art critic Clement Greenberg saw it and said it’s great because he saw the meaning behind it. In addition, there were other great artists during this era like Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Franz Kline, and Helen Frankenthaler. One important thing to remember about this style is that there’s always a meaning behind those splashes, even if there isn’t a
Pollock’s technique was drip painting. He used paints that were called alkyd enamels, he painted with hardened brushes, he poured and dripped paint with these tools. He later developed the ability of viewing and applying paint to the canvas from every direction. Since, Abstract Expressionism is mainly splashes or layers of color and you can’t tell anything that’s going on, that’s how Pollock’s work was. People, see no picture that’s exactly how they know it’s this style.“ I took one look at it and thought, “Now that’s great art,” and I knew Jackson was the greatest painter this country had produced.- art critic Clement Greenberg”. Many thought that Abstract Expressionism was strange, and had no meaning to it whatsoever but it actually did. However, this art critic Clement Greenberg saw it and said it’s great because he saw the meaning behind it. In addition, there were other great artists during this era like Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Franz Kline, and Helen Frankenthaler. One important thing to remember about this style is that there’s always a meaning behind those splashes, even if there isn’t a