Jackson Pollock's Alchemy

Alchemy is one of Jackson Pollock's earliest paintings using his poured technique. This new style executed in the revolutionary technique, constituted his most significant contribution to twentieth-century art. Through this painting, the viewer is encourage to experience the painting as an environment and how people interact. This controlled way of chaos showed a repsonse to how Pollock interpreted society. The random for of the art work and be tied to how people were interacting after the post war. War is usually also seen as chaotic just as seen in Alchemy. Along with the society aspect, Alechemy also shows Surrealist notions of chance and automatism. This exemplifyes Pollock's full expression in his style of poured paintings.