Jackson Pollock (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Biography
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography, Arts
- Subjects: Art or artists, Rural or country life, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Painting or painters, Bohemianism, Expressionism
- Locales: California, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Arizona, Wyoming
JACKSON POLLOCK: AN AMERICAN SAGA is a massive creation. The authors interviewed more than eight hundred individuals over an eight-year period. This biography looks at Jackson Pollock through a psychoanalytic magnifying glass. The picture that comes into focus is not very comforting. Pollock’s art was bold, but his personal life was full of torment. Indeed, some critics have charged that Pollock’s stature as a great American artist is diminished by the authors’ relentless display of how reprehensible Pollock could be as an individual. JACKSON POLLOCK is definitely a “warts and...
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