Article: My Kid Could Paint That: is there anything there? Marla painting, Pollock painting, and abstract art in the 21st century.(2007 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL)

Art on Film I: Pollock Painting

Probably the most famous example of an artist filmed in the process of painting an artwork is the brief colour footage of Jackson Pollock shot by Hans Namuth at Pollock's studio (and home) in Springs, Long Island in 1950. Two different moments are extant: the first depicts Pollock out of doors working on an already-in-progress canvas spread out in front of him on a concrete platform. He holds cans of liquid paint and we watch while he walks along the very long but narrow canvas bending over or kneeling to drip the fluid paint where he deems appropriate. (1) The second, more of a complete narrative, documents the entire genesis of a ...

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