{"id":22856,"date":"2017-10-20T12:37:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T12:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=22856"},"modified":"2017-10-20T12:37:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T12:37:53","slug":"dont-miss-jackson-pollocks-mosaic-at-washburn-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/dont-miss-jackson-pollocks-mosaic-at-washburn-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Miss Jackson Pollock’s Mosaic at Washburn Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jackson Pollock, the master of the art movement Abstract Expressionism, was a jack-of-all trades. Known for his action drip paintings he made on the floor, he also dabbled in another medium, mosaics.\u00a0 At Washburn Gallery<\/a> in New York City, this new Chelsea exhibition brings Pollock\u2019s only mosaic to life. This piece is very important because it was once turned down by\u00a0Works Progress Administration. We know, who would turn down a Pollock piece?<\/em><\/p>\n

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A quick history lesson, the\u00a0Work Progress\u00a0Administration was the largest American\u00a0<\/b>New Deal agency<\/a>, employing millions of people to carry out\u00a0public works<\/a>\u00a0projects. The WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. No one knows for sure why Pollock’s one and only mosaic was turned down.<\/p>\n

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Untitled CR1048 (c. 1938-41) Courtesy of Washburn Gallery\/Pollock-Krasner Foundation\/Artists Rights Society (ARS) Image.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The exhibition showcases art from artists that were also asked by the Works Progress Administration to create pieces. Pollock’s mosaic has Cubist attributes, but still has the “Pollock” touch with his unpredictable hand movements to give the piece a disheveled look. The colors of the tesserae (the individual pieces of the mosaic) are like his paint strokes where one cuts into another, just like his paintings. \u00a0At four and a half feet in length, the large composition is notorious of Pollock with his use of large canvases. In addition to Pollock’s mosaic, Washburn Gallery has works from\u00a0Philip Guston,\u00a0Stuart Davis, and Ilya Bolotowsky also on view.<\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/em>The WPA<\/em><\/a>\u201d is on view at\u00a0<\/em>Washburn Gallery<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0177 Tenth Avenue, September 14\u2013October 28, 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n

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top image \/\/ Washburn Gallery, Google Maps<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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