Contained Chaos: Layers of Meaning in Jackson’s Pollock’s Number 9
Jackson Pollock ostensibly established himself as an artist unafraid to break from tradition, yet his painting Number 9 (1949) returns to the most rudimentary and essential elements of art. Rather than using line as a vehicle by which to convey forms, Pollock makes the line the subject itself, challenging viewers’ perceptions of what constitutes art […]
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