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Jackson Pollock's Mural: Energy Made Visible
David Anfam
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Description for Jackson Pollock's Mural: Energy Made Visible
Hardcover. Jackson Pollock's Mural, created early in his career in 1943, is a vast panorama spanning a 6-metre-long canvas. The author considers the manifold influences on Pollock that led to this landmark achievement - including the context of the American West, and his little-known relationship with Clyfford Still and the importance of wartime photography. Num Pages: 146 pages, 106 illustrations, 67 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 264 x 19. Weight in Grams: 980.
Jackson Pollock’s Mural , created early in his career in 1943, is a vast panorama spanning a 6-metre-long canvas – the largest painting he ever made. Mural marked a watershed for Pollock: a presentiment of the epic scale, complexity, energy and ambition of the work ahead. David Anfam considers the manifold influences on Pollock that led to this landmark achievement – including the context of the American West, his hitherto little-known relationship with Clyfford Still and the importance of wartime action photography. He also traces the explosive magnetism Mural exerted over the emergent Abstract Expressionists and its legacy for painters ... Read more
Jackson Pollock’s Mural , created early in his career in 1943, is a vast panorama spanning a 6-metre-long canvas – the largest painting he ever made. Mural marked a watershed for Pollock: a presentiment of the epic scale, complexity, energy and ambition of the work ahead. David Anfam considers the manifold influences on Pollock that led to this landmark achievement – including the context of the American West, his hitherto little-known relationship with Clyfford Still and the importance of wartime action photography. He also traces the explosive magnetism Mural exerted over the emergent Abstract Expressionists and its legacy for painters ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
146
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500239346
SKU
9780500239346
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About David Anfam
David Anfam is a writer, curator and leading authority on modern American art. He is the Senior Consulting Curator at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver and the Director of its Research Center. His publications include Abstract Expressionism (1990), the catalogue raisonné Mark Rothko: Works on Canvas (1998), which won the Mitchell prize in 2000, as well as studies on ... Read more
Reviews for Jackson Pollock's Mural: Energy Made Visible
'Sumptuously illustrated … offers a thorough art historical account of 'Mural', its context, sources and impact' - State Magazine 'Vibrant … will almost certainly remain the most assured and sympathetic guide to the painting from conception to legacy' - The Art Newspaper