The Photographs of Jackson Pollock

Abstract

 J. Pollock said, “Technique is just a means for arriving at a statement.” Yet he must have recognized the difficulty his audience faced in understanding automatic lines. To settle this problem he allowed outsiders to enter his studio and photograph him while he was working. These photographs of J. Pollock succeeded in expanding the ways in which his art was interpreted. They also offered ideas and themes for artists who followed him. The influence of these photographs can be seen in happenings, performance art, and conceptual art. Hereupon they are no longer a mere remedy for understanding his painting, but they themselves have begun to gain an original artistic efficiency. The photographs of J. Pollock are worth noticing in the aspect of these postmodernist movements.