Jackson Pollock Argumentative Essay
Artists are constantly coming under fire from those who don’t understand it. This especially holds true for abstract artists such as Jackson Pollock. Critics of Pollock claim that his drip painting style is lazy and uncreative: not art. As a fellow artist I find these claims outrageous and uneducated. I personally believe that Jackson Pollock was an amazing artist and deserved every ounce of fame he got. Art is subjective, there is no right or wrong way to make art. Being and artist is about expressing oneself through any medium; whether it be music, painting, drawing, singing, etc. Pollock expressed himself through drip painting and therefore he is an artist. Pollock was considered reclusive, he had an unpredictable personality as well as