This presentation discusses the abstract expressionist artist Jackson Pollock. It provides details about Pollock's action painting technique of dripping, splattering, and smearing paint onto large canvases laid out on the floor. It notes that Pollock's work was unique for its size and spontaneous painting style. The presentation also explains how Pollock's work was influenced by his emotions and life stresses, incorporating trash and reflecting his feelings as he painted. Examples of Pollock's iconic abstract works are included.

1. My Favorite Abstract Expressionist Presented by: Student

2. Which Artist Have I Chosen? Out of all the abstract expressionists, I decided on… Jackson Pollock

4. Some of the characteristics of his work

5. What makes his work so unique

6. How emotion influenced his work

9. He painted on huge, raw pieces of canvas.

10. He painted from all four sides

11. He used artist materials and industrial materials to paint with.

12. Most of his work did not have images.

13. His technique included throwing paint on canvas with a stick.

15. How emotion influenced his work: Jackson Pollock was under so much stress in his life that he used this emotion to create work. His paintings were pictures of how he felt as he painted. A lot of his paintings even had trash in them from his studio such as glass, keys, etc. The media didn’t even know at the time if his work could even be considered art.

16. Examples of his work

17. More Examples

18. Most Interesting Thing I Learned I thought it was cool that he didn’t always use brushes to paint with, but used sticks and other stuff.

19. References for Presentation www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodern_art History of Modern Art www.google.com/images?hl=en&biw=988&bih=697&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=Jackson+Pollock&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=f&oq

21. TSW interpret expressionist art. (Cognitive-Evaluation)