Jackson Pollock What Kind of Risk | ACMI collection | ACMI: Your museum of screen culture

Episode of Series “Risk”.
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) was the leading exponent of what is usually called Abstract Expressionist Art. Charles Harrison examines a number of Pollock’s paintings, and discusses how they were made and what they represent. Includes some film of Pollock himself working on a painting in 1952

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00:30:00:00

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Risk

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Risk

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ACMI Identifier

014698

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Abstract expressionism

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - United States

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Abstract

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Modern

Crafts & Visual Arts → Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956

People → Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956

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Sound

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U-Matic; Access Print (Section 1)

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