Artist field note

Jackson Pollock

Painting becomes action.

Number 1A, 1948 by Jackson Pollock
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Number 1A, 1948

1948

Paint, handprints and bodily movement share the surface. The canvas records an event as much as an image.

The five in one idea

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