Atlanta, like most of the country, is covered with snow. Our subdivision looks like a fairyland and the roads are still a icy. Snuggling in by my electric fireplace, I decided to finish a blog post I started last week about some Jackson Pollock movies. Previously I emailed MOMA, Museum of Modern Art asking permission to use one of the Jackson Pollock painting images. They forwarded my request to an art resource company. This company informed me that I would have to pay them $50.00 a year to use the image and I needed to get permission from the Pollock foundation! With all of the images on the net I was shocked and wished I hadn’t asked. I decided to create my own at Jackson Pollock org. This online program is a very tricky to use, but once you get the hang of it, and learn some tricks such as changing the paint color in a corner, it can be fun. I have a screen capture program so I can copy it and edit in Photoshop. Now I have my own fake Pollock painting. This leads to my post about movies. I recently acquired a movie titled, “Who the $#%& Is Jackson Pollock?” (2006). It is about Teri Horton, a 73 year old former truck driver from California, who purchased a painting from a thrift shop for $5, only later to find out that it may be a Jackson Pollock painting. It was fascinating, watching the experts trying to prove or disprove its authenticity. I will not reveal the conclusion, as I hate spoilers. This is not an award-winning movie, but it if you enjoy watching people’s minds at work and having a closer look at the Jackson Pollock’s techniques this movie is the one to see.
I also own the movie “Pollock” staring Ed Harris.This one is an award winner! I love this film and have watched it several times. I related to so many of the creative struggles Ed Harris portrays in this movie, from being annoyed at the critics to sitting on my studio floor trying to birth a new painting for a show. Some artists ease into their work, but others, like myself, struggle to find something that is original and satisfying. Like a Rothko painting, I am sure Jackson Pollock’s painting must be viewed in the real to truly be appreciated and it is my dream to do this before I pass.
Interesting post. I really loved the Pollack movie with Ed Harris...thought he was excellent.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to the Pollack painting playground...pretty fun. I used to have a gadget on my blog that let you do a Pollack too...but I have no idea where I found it so I can't share it.
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Thank You Iona. Glad you enjoyed playing Pollock. It's a bit frustrating at first, but it a good way to escape for awhile :O)
ReplyDeleteI agree about the movie 'Pollock' with Ed Harris and I will go on the Pollock painting playground and give it a try. Lee Krasner...Pollock's wife was a strong artistic force and worthy of notice...special creative times!
ReplyDeleteYes, Lee Krasner was probably the driving force that kept him in the forefront, but like most women they lose themselves in the mission. After seeing the movie I bought a book about her and her art.
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ReplyDeleteI love the link to be able to create my own Pollack. It is fun.
The two DVD's you write about I have and love them both. The documentary is most interesting.
You have given me an idea to write a post in the future about the DVD's I have about art.
Wishing you a wonderful Valentine Sunday,
Egmont
I'm glad you had fun with creating your own Pollock, Egmont. I look forward to reading reviews of your DVDs. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
ReplyDeleteVery cool. I'll have to try creating the hires version explained on the website. Thanks! I too enjoyed the "Pollock" movie with Ed Harris.
ReplyDeleteyour digital Pollock is very cool !!
ReplyDeletei have watched several times the "Pollock" movie too .
but i am fron Sao Paulo , Brasil . have mercy and tell me if the painting of the other movie is original or not . because here i won't be able to find this movie :) hahahh!! now i got extremely curious !!
i remember when i was living in London and the local tv showed one night Pollock , the movie .
on the next morning i went to Tate gallery , and at the other side of the street has an Art College . many very students were at the sidewalk in fron of it , with canvasses on the floor painting like Pollock . hahahah!!they were pretty sure that would get good grades with that .
i've seem some Pollocks right in fron of me . i prefer the legend than the work . i think that the name Pollock got too strong . and doens't matter how good it is , you always spect more . so get frustrated when discover the real one .
any way , his work and life is a lesson to all of us .
thank you for this post .
I'll email you the answer Caio.Thanks for sharing your experience in London. I'm sorry to hear the paintings did not live up to the hype. Maybe our exceptions diminishes things..:O(
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting Karen. Have fun painting your Pollock painting :O)
ReplyDeletei am a HUGE pollock fan... actually any of the abstract expressionists are great, be he stands out with dakooning of course. i am currently reading a book called "dakooning's bicycle," which is about the influx of artists into east hampton starting in the 1880's. it is awesome thus far. also the proud owner of the movies mentioned above as well as a documentary on him from the southbank show... i would love to get my hands on the film of him doing his thing on a piece of glass with the camera beneath...
ReplyDeleteHi David, Thanks for joining my blog and commenting. I am so pleased to hear you are also a fan of Pollock. I think his relationship to the act of painting is what I love the most about his work.Below is a link to a YouTube video that shows what I mean. I wish I had included it in my post. Maybe I'll continue the discussion in a new post
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bICqvmKL5s
Wow your fake Pollock looks real good. I think you have the look and feel down. Did you have to practice quite a while? My attempts don't come close. Both films are on my list to see.
ReplyDeleteSnow? In Hotlanta?? Who would've thought! I love that (Harris & Krasner) Pollock movie, too. Hey, I just remembered, I know someone who lived in his neighborbood in the Hamptons-- she says he used to bicycle past their cottage. Look up her mom, Margery Caggiano, a (marvelous) artist who was Pollock's neighbor. She has a blog.
ReplyDeleteStan, It does take some practice to figure out how to move the mouse (works better for me than a digital pen) to get the strings without the blobs.I also captured what I like and edited it in Photoshop.
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting. BTW I love your paintings !
Yes, R Garriott, we usually have one snow day a year in Atlanta. It was two this year and the weather has been wickedly cold.
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting. I'll have to check out Margery Caggiano's blog.
Your watercolors are delicious:O)
Hi, I liked your comment on my blog which led me here, and your adventures re Pollock. I think that there's no need to get permission to use a painting on your blog.As long as you're not reproducing it to sell or to use in a book, for instance.I read that Ed Harris has been painting since he made the movie.Hope he doesn't quit his day job.
ReplyDeleteHi Cagg, thanks for stopping by and commenting. R. Garriott commented that you lived near Pollock, so I had to check you out. I also went to your web site and I love your birds!! They really put a smile on my face. As for permission, the MOMA forwarded my email to some stock photo co. with a smart remark, "don't you love these bloggers". I figured since they had my blog addy there was no need risking it. Besides it gave me an excuse to play with the online Pollock painting. As for Ed Harris,since his is a movie star he can command a big price for anything. Maybe I should take up acting! :O)
ReplyDeleteAnother great post Eva. I too really enjoyed the film about Pollock. I thought it was very well done. Not long after I saw it I was in Boston and came across quite a few paintings by Lee Krasner in a museum there however it seems that art by men is always taken more seriously and given more adulation.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susanne. Yes, there was a time when I was advised not to sign my work with my first name so people would not know it was created by a woman. Hopefully someday equality will truly be a reality.
ReplyDeleteI don't know both movies, but now i'll will try to get to see them. :-) Your fake Pollock looks very cool! So now i'm going to follow your link and try myself.
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Thanks Momo. I think you'll have fun with the Pollock painting site!
ReplyDeleteHmm about the two last comments above mine, it's too sad that this happens still those days. :-( I also had thoughts about not to mention that i'm a woman, but i couldn't because being a woman have a great impact on my art. :-) Last year i had a post about this item: http://momolunasignals.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-am-woman.html
ReplyDeleteYes, Momo, it has been tough competing with male artists they difinately had the advantage.
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