Pollock's Influence On Art

Pollock has left a great impact on the art world. His work change the way we look at art and he opened artist minds to new ideas when it came to their own art whether it was to inspire or as a reaction against what Pollock and other Abstract Expressionist were doing. Pollock’s free form and endless space that he created through his work opened artist up to the idea that art did not need any kind of defections to be great art. Also, art could flow through the artist as he or she was creating it. Pollock’s work influenced the artists of his time like De Kooning and his piece Excavation, 1950 with his “allover” style of working. Like Pollock De Kooning tried not to have a focal point in the works at that time. This “allover” style is one of …show more content…
Jim Dine talked about how he as a pop artist was not as concerned with theory and color as artist like Pollock. Before Pollock’s movement paintings there was some kind of shape and one’s eye would be directed around the work of art. Pollock ignored these rules when it came to these paintings. The Pop artists also ignored the rules of what art was in that they worked in was that were not considered to be high art; comic books and advertising was where they found their inspiration not landscapes or looking within their selves but rather looking at the world around them and in this way the Pop artists differed from Pollock.
Pollock’s movement painting are probably most like the Minimalist in the way that both types of art are not meant to be about anything that you can see right away if at all. While both used lines to create their works the Minimalist want to use as few lines as possible while Pollock layered the lines and strokes of his brush so thick that you could not see them all. Dan Flavin’s work is influenced by Pollock’s work in the way it emerges you into its space. Flavin’s work does this with light while Pollock’s does it with size and the depth of color and