Record price for Pollock painting

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Snip from BBC News:



A painting by Jackson Pollock has sold at auction in New York for $11.65m (£6.62m), setting a record price for a work by the post-war US artist.

Entitled Number 12, 1949, the Pollock painting was sold by the Museum of Modern Art to an anonymous buyer.

The Post-War and Contemporary Art sale at Christie's, which included works by Mark Rothko and Andy Warhol, clocked up a record $102.11m (£58m) in sales.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3706313.stm


Hmmmmmmm........Jackson Pollock's a load of bollox....some would say.

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1. I used to think Pollack was a hack.

Until I saw some of his work live and in person. I can't explain quite what it is, but there's SOMETHING there. Those paintings just grabbed me and demanded that I look at them closely. Like I said, I don't know what it is, but I no longer think of Pollack as a hack.

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2. There have been countless imitators

and very good ones. But in the context of his time, I agree with you

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3. Yep - it just looks like scribbling and noodling

but he had a profound sense of balance and line and color.

I'd liked his paintings before I saw in person, and seeing them in person only reinforced their pleasure.

They are far more than mere splashing and throwing paint.

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4. Got your postcard yesterday!

I feel so...so...artsy! :D I'd love to go! Curse my inablility to be independently wealthy!

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5. Damn you and your laziness!

If you were republican, you would have worked hard and be retired already and living the american dream. But you're lazy, so you're a liberal.

I'm glad you got the card! I still have the twin to your painting.

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6. We'll see after the house gets bought...

...it's going to put a small dent in my disposable income, but anything's possible.