WTF did this guy just spill paint and get famous?

WTF did this guy just cook over-easy eggs on a canvas and have the yolks run everywhere and get famous?

pretty much

VASES

I prefer Cy Twombly. At first glance it looks like the same technique as Pollock, but eventually you come to appreciate how much Twombly uses the white of the canvas in ways that Pollock never could have dreamed of. The colors are more sparse. The approach is kind of understated, but still very violent.

Gotta say, Pollock-style paintings don't do much for me.

Me too thodoks.

For my artwork I actually prefer Renaissance era stuff. Give me Titian, Tintoretto or Veronese any day.

Meh. I like paint by number.

I love Renaissance art. It's my favorite, hands down. That being said, I live a short walk away from some great galleries that contain lots of modern art, and I've recently come to really take advantage of that. I guess it's my current fascination.

i think his are at least cool looking compared to the other guyz stuff

Was he even from Poland?

I mention those three artists because there has been (it may still even be there) a special exhibit of Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. I spent hours in there one day last spring. It was amazing. Even the religious themed stuff really gets to me. There's just so much going on, there's a world of story in there.

romantic era for me

When I went to Italy a couple of years ago, I was able to see a lot of Botticelli and Da Vinci. Those were great in and of themselves, but what really got to me was how common the Madonna with Child theme was in art. I probably saw hundreds of different version of that scene, and it was really moving. I was pretty religious at the time, but I think I would have been just as struck by it if I wasn't. To see the same thing painted with so much variation and color is a great experience.

I hear ya. I'm not religious at all and seeing the different approaches to the same general stories over and over again really strikes me. I got the same thing seeing lots of different takes on the birth of Venus as well.

BTW Botticelli is the man.

His Birth of Venus IRL is a prime example of why it's better to see a painting in real life than on the internet or in a book. It's huge, and the colors are more vibrant than I ever expected. Ever seen it?

Yes I have, it was at the MFA in Boston for a time.

"I'll thank you to stop pinching my Botticelli!"

"They're gaining on us, sir! We'll have to jettison something... Its been an honor to serve you, sir."

In all seriousness, I love Pollock's paintings. It might seem like a simple technique, just flinging paint everywhere, but he was calculated and one of the first to apply paint without letting the brush touch the canvas. He'd put out cigarette butts in the actual paintings, and they're surprisingly big in size. Number 31 in the MoMA in NYC is huge. And when you see them up close you can really see how the colors blend together and clash, like one big violent oil slick. To me, his artwork deserves all the praise.

Sometimes his stuff do it for me, but not always. He's someone I don't appreciate but would certainly admit that I'd probably love it if I saw it up close in person.

It must be extremely cathartic to paint as Pollock does.