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A 3 page research paper that describes and critiques Pollock's painting "Lavender Mist" and how it exemplifies Greenberg's philosophy of formalism. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Jackson Pollock/Lavender Mist Research Compiled for
, Enterprises Inc. By - March, 2011 Influential art critic Clement Greenberg championed the idea of purity in art, that is, that art
was significant in and of itself, i.e., "art for arts sake," and that abstract expressionism should be viewed as a "movement which removed art from all other humanist concerns," such
as "politics [and] popular culture."1 Rather than relate to these concerns, Greenberg argued that a work of art should draw solely upon itself when presenting "its concept."2 Greenberg, a close
friend of Jackson Pollock, felt that his friends art, exemplified this principle, and this is demonstrated by Pollocks painting, which he originally titled "Number 1, 1950," but which became known
by the title that Greenberg suggested, "Lavender Mist."3 "Lavender Mist" is comprised of oil, enamel and aluminum on canvas and it enormous, 7 ft. 3 in. x 9 ft.
10 in., and is part of the collection at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.4 Pollocks work fits with Greenbergs philosophy as Pollock rejected the traditional restrictions of
painting. He poured paint onto the canvas, rather than use a brush and palette, as he "danced in semi-ecstasy over canvases spread across the floor," totally absorbed in the patterns
that his "dripping and dribbling" created.5 While his sounds haphazard, Pollocks work demonstrates that he had total control over the paint, while creating differences in texture, as well as pattern6
Pollock utilized the "separation and marbling" caused by one wet enamel reacting to another to create the patterns that characterize the painting.7 In 1982, Time magazine art critic Robert Hughes
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