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Jackson Pollock, born changed the face of m eifi art in his short and men •llife of 44 years, by creatini body of work that dramatic; btUM$ke with traditional painti: Following the lead of ropean Surrealists, many tdte^ om lived in New York during rid War II, he began eriment with accident aid uition. The network of dri and lines that map to unleash the artist’s subc mood as well as ere mg fields of overlappt r, with no object in mind Influential critics vie lock as the leader of a mo mint that came to be known American Abstract Exp: skmism or the New York Sc included other artists Kline, Willem deKooi Rothko and others. ■I Pollock emphasized po of the artiafagestures, ala, and tools, oft wVRmp s, trowels and pal| ^.knaves instead of brushes. ' This process, because of j ect and active role, led to i m, “action painting” llenged the concept of es nting by working on la* vases placed either on r or fixed to a wall. With! arent beginning or end, ulting paintings exte ond the edges of the canvi Pollock’s first action pai| It h?w n; asrwsm il the artist’s untim^ th in a car crash in 1956, No matter what one na nk of Pollock’s work, his pj nd expression unleashed lirlwind of change in q rid of modem art by bre| I down old conceptions, artist’s were no loj d by traditional meansl end.
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