Thursday, May 20, 2010

Presto-Change-o instant Jackson Pollock




If you have ever been to Paris and gone to many of the famous museums, you surely have seen painters standing outside with easels copied almost exactly some of the most famous works to mankind. For a few dollars they will reproduce any painting imaginable. (Mostly the famous ones though).

In this instance, it is not a matter of forgery, but it is a matter of understanding that with a few movements of the computer keystrokes you can change a Wassily Kandinsky into a Jackson Pollock. The question beckons the viewer: Did Pollock copy Kandinsky? It surely looks that way.
Take any color Kandinsky, reduce it to black and white, then add a little bit of color and "voila,"
you have a Pollock!

Its beginning to become apparent that Kandinsky influenced just about every single artist that came after him, along with his colleagues. He bred new influence of creativity into the world.
While I don't take credit for every artist on the planet today doing what I started 35 years ago, it sure looks like the entire world went digital!

Observe the Original Kandinsky, then its rotation horizontally reduced to black and white. Then slight color added. Notice the close comparison to Jackson Pollock.


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