This is a photograph of two women viewing Jackson Pollock's painting "Autumn Rhythm" (Number 30) while in the background is another Pollock - "Number 28, 1950" I kind of knew of the work of Pollock, but didn't think I would really like it much. But when there was a large retrospective exhibition of his paintings at the Museum of Modern Art in the Fall of 1998 I went to see it. I was stunned! Somehow those drip paintings just took me in! I guess I read some comments about "Oh, it's just dripped paint." Well, that may be, but his paintings are SO much more than that! I couldn't believe how much they affected me, and moved me! And I had no idea why, except that the paintings are incredibly detailed and so complex in their design. I was completely stunned!
Here is a detail of the "Autumn Rhythm" painting and you can see how rich and detailed it is. Why does this dripped paint speak to me, and hold me in its grasp? I have no idea, but I keep coming back to them every time I am in the museum.
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