MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / BUFFALO, NEW YORK – Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Convergence, by Jackson Pollock

In the late 1940s, Jackson Pollock developed the technique for which he is best known—drip painting. He placed the canvas on the floor, stating, “this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.” Pollock’s abstract work was hard to decipher, but his rebellious nature and expressions of freedom were clearly evident. Jackson Pollock’s style of painting, as exemplified by Convergence (an innovative development in the history of painting). The United States took very seriously the threat of Communism and the cold war with Russia, at the time of the painting that was the embodiment of free speech and freedom of expression. The CIA appreciated Pollock’s style, because it steered clear of social realism and overt political gestures. Each age finds its own technique. http://www.albrightknox.org/

His most famous work was a painting entitled Convergence, which was a collage of colors splattered on a canvas that created masterful shapes and lines that evoke emotions and attack the eye. The painting (oil on canvas / 241,9 x 399,1 cm), was created in 1952. With Pollock’s brushstrokes he was able to make handy use of colors, lines, textures, lights, and contrasting shapes. This painting is enormous and its size can only really be appreciated in person. If you want admire this special paint, you need to go at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY, USA), remembering that – for visitors who do not speak English – general visitor information is available in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. This information is also available in the museum at the Admissions Desk. http://www.albrightknox.org/collection/search/piece:1112/

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