It is only after a sort of "get acquainted" period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through." (Jackson Pollock) Using this method he produced beautiful canvases with interlocking and interlaced colors which were completely abstract, such as Full Fathom Five and Lucifer which were both painted in 1947. There were developments and enhancements in his technique of painting and later he would create a style which was characterized by a crisscrossing of lines in black and whites and muted colors. An example of his later style is the painting Ocean Grayness (1953.

The renowned critic of modernism and art Herbert Read, stated that the originality of Pollock's work could be found in the phrase" concrete pictorial sensations." (Read, Herbert. P. 262)

By this he meant that the artist was creating independent artistic creations which were expressions of experience which did not necessarily relate to any other references; or to things outside of itself. This meant that the images that Pollock created were expressions of a new sense of artistic freedom. This sense of freedom was based on the experimental and unrestricted expressions of artistic innovation that the Surrealists first displayed. "Pollock owed his 'radical new sense of freedom' to the unprecedented and automatic methods...

260) However the work that he created had a specific and unique sense of artistic space which was abstract and down-to-earth at the same time.
In 1943 Pollack held his first solo exhibition in the Art of This

Century gallery in New York, 1943. His work was then exhibited throughout the United States as well as in Europe. He died in an automobile accident on the 11th of August, 1956. (Jackson Pollock: Abstract Expressionist)

Pollock's artistic creations and his vibrant and energetic style of painting were to leave a lasting impression on art. He became a new symbol of the Abstract Expressionist school of thought. Possibly his greatest contribution to the artistic culture of the United States and the world, was the creation of art works which were defined by their limitless sense of freedom and energy and their refusal to be confined by easy explanations.

Bibliography

Chipp, H.B. Theories of Modern Art. University of California Press. London. 1968.

Jackson Pollock. February 25, 2005. http://www.constable.net/arthistory/glo-pollock.html

Jackson Pollock: Abstract Expressionist. February 24, 2005. http://www.jasonvoos.com/jpol.html

Jackson Pollack.1912-1956. February 24, 2005 http://www.connect.net/ron/pollack.html

Read, Herbert. A Concise History of Modern Painting. Thames and Hudson, London. 1959.