Jackson Pollock: 'There Were Seven In Eight'

Jackson Pollock: There Were Seven In Eight
The tile of the painting I researched is “There Were Seven In Eight” This painting was created by Jackson Pollock during the year of 1943. “There Were Seven In Eight” is now located in New York, at the Museum Of Modern Art. ("Art/Museums: Abstract Expressionist New York at the Museum of Modern Art in New York Oct. 3, 2010 to April 25, 2011.") During the creation of this art Pollock would take month long breaks and would continue back making this a long project to finish. The project was finally finished in the spring of 1945, it took Pollock over two years to finish this painting. Jackson Pollock was born January 28th, 1912 and died in 1956 at the young age of 44 in New York. Pollock went to Manual Arts High School were then he discovered his true passion of art. …show more content…
The colors in this painting were mostly warm colors. In the painting you can see that there was not a specific subject to this piece of artwork, the paint is randomly separated. When I observe this painting I notice that it reminds me of graffiti that you see on empty walls In New York City. This work of art is so different from other paintings, because if you look very carefully, you may start to see objects appear that you did not see before. Is that weird? No! That is art silly! This is what made Jackson Pollock so famous; he knows how to get the human eyes to do a double take to see what’s actually on the painting. I have tried many different ways to observe the painting, just quickly glaring at it; all I see is just a canvas full of splattered colors, but when I look at it closely for a minute objects appear. Objects like an eye and an ear appear around the painting. Jackson Pollock was very interested in surreal