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I love the magic that happened when Jackson Pollock combined Hopi Indian sand painting techniques with brush/canvas to harness the power of gravity: http://www
by edw519 17y ago
I love the magic that happened when Jackson Pollock combined Hopi Indian sand painting techniques with brush/canvas to harness the power of gravity:
http://www.monroegallery.com/showcase/images/MH_JacksonPollock2.jpg http://www.monroegallery.com/showcase/images/MH_JacksonPollo...
If you ever go to MOMA in NYC, make sure you start on the 6th floor and work your way down...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pollock31.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pollock31.jpg
I also love when the worlds of mathematics and art meet, as in Pollock's fractals:
http://discovermagazine.com/2001/nov/featpollock http://discovermagazine.com/2001/nov/featpollock
or, of course, anything by Escher:
http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/chris.headwaysoftware.com/photos/uncategorized/hands.jpg http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/chris...
- warfangle 17y agoAn interesting article on symmetry and fractal design exposed in Pollack's art: http://phys.unsw.edu.au/phys_about/PHYSICS!/FRACTAL_EXPRESSIONISM/fractal_taylor.html http://phys.unsw.edu.au/phys_about/PHYSICS!/FRACTAL_EXPRESSI...
- fnid 17y agoWhy do you like Pollock? Serious question.