Artist field note

Jackson Pollock

Painting becomes action.

Mural by Jackson Pollock
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Mural

1943

The whole surface seems to surge sideways. Pollock discovers scale and rhythm before the drip paintings fully arrive.

The five in one idea

Pollock did not paint a picture of an action; the painting became the action.