Pollock

by Leonhard Emmerling

Overview

The rebel hero of Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock careened through his life like a firework across the American art landscape, with his urgent, splattered drip paintings his most explosive legacy. This essential introduction traces Pollock’s work and his fame to understand his masterpieces in the greater modernist story and explore his making as a cultural icon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783836529075
Publisher:	Taschen America, LLC
Publication date:	05/23/2016
Series:	Basic Art
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	175,642
Product dimensions:	10.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Leonhard Emmerling received his doctorate from the University of Heidelberg for a thesis titled “Jean Dubuffet’s Art Theory.” He is the Director of South Asia Programmes at the Goethe-Institute’s office in New Delhi and was previously active as a curator at various art institutions in Germany. His publications include TASCHEN’s Jean-Michel Basquiat and Jackson Pollock.