Jackson Pollock

 We missed out on our textiles lesson this week because we went to see a Jackson Pollock exhibition in the Tate Liverpool. I really enjoyed the exhibition, I love looking at abstract art and trying to pick out shapes and forms, wondering what the artist intended or whether there was any kind of intention at all.  

Most people are familiar with Pollock's paint splash paintings, yet I found that there were a lot of other really interesting pieces at the exhibition which I much preferred to his famous paintings. 

For example, he 
 produced a lot of silk screen prints which were really interesting to look at and much more interpretive than his other work. My personal favourite is this one, which was created for a Betty Parsons event he attended. There's something almost comic-like about the piece, it's much more illustrative than his other work and I find the lines running through really interesting.

 We tried out making out own Pollock inspired paintings, which was a lot of fun. Needless to say, it got very messy but I'm pretty happy with how our group's work turned out, even if we got a little too carried away towards the end and it started to look more like a swamp

some of us got a little messier than others