Be Jackson Pollock - Bilge

C cynfulcynner Member Ocean Beach, San Francisco Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 1799	C cynfulcynner Posted posted on Sat, Jun 24, 2006 12:16 AM On 2006-06-23 21:32, Exoticat wrote: Have you seen the movie on him? If you have, then you come away with the sense that alcohol and Jackson Pollock go hand in hand. I'm not going to argue with you on that -- Pollock was a raging alcoholic. However, there were some periods in his life when he did NOT drink, and that was when he did his best-known work. That was never really explained in the movie, but it was in the book on which the film was based ("Jackson Pollock: An American Saga" by Naifeh and Smith). The web site discussed in this thread is a great approximation of how Pollock did his drip paintings!

On 2006-06-23 21:32, Exoticat wrote:
Have you seen the movie on him? If you have, then you come away with the sense that alcohol and Jackson Pollock go hand in hand.

I'm not going to argue with you on that -- Pollock was a raging alcoholic. However, there were some periods in his life when he did NOT drink, and that was when he did his best-known work. That was never really explained in the movie, but it was in the book on which the film was based ("Jackson Pollock: An American Saga" by Naifeh and Smith).

The web site discussed in this thread is a great approximation of how Pollock did his drip paintings!

Post #239392 by cynfulcynner on Sat, Jun 24, 2006 12:16 AM