Essay On Hardship Jackson Pollock

Sob stories are often the kryptonites of heart that leave us feeling pity and empathy for said person of the sob story, regardless of the fact if we know them personally or not. It’s a common human reaction to show sympathy for those who have experienced tragedy in their lives, but most often, it blurs our judgement while making objective criticisms of works of art. A singer will appear on a show, tell an angst ridden story, sing Adele, and leave with the grand prize. An artist will choke up a story of difficulty and desperation in love and then belt it all out in a breakup song that has the audience reeling from the sadness. But in these cases, what’s really doing the thinking, our hearts or our minds? From the countless stories of hardship
Racked with the trouble of alcoholism and suspected bipolar disorder, Pollock’s drip art became a sensational hit in the mid 1940’s amidst the time of post-Great Depression. Unlike Van Gogh, Pollock’s work gained fame for his technique and style with his background life, gaining little attention in his pathway to fame. Pollock himself stated that over time, his passive nature towards his own art led to the beginning of his numbering of canvases instead of the routine naming of pieces because he wished to stray from the regular style of representational art. From works such as Lavender Mist to Blue Poles, witnesses to his art claim to be left in a state of tizzy excitement which is completely due to the work itself with no reference whatsoever to his background. Even if it was partially due to his unique style of abstract painting, Pollock was well known for his unconventional mediums of art as well as his new interpretations of images. Critics of his work rarely feel the need to bring up his pained background because holistically, troubled pasts are simply correlations and not causations of great