Jackson Pollock: Blue poles

[@darylcumming7119]

The story that keeps on giving . A huge draw card for National Art of Australia. It has differently been payed for by now . Thanks for an documentary about an different time and attitudes.

[@malcolmgully2064]

A masterpiece privileged to bring my kids to see it as we lived in Canberra. You walked into the gallery and turned around and there it was , watching you. They got it.

[@Poohze01]

I was a schoolboy when Blue Poles was purchased by the National Gallery, and remember the controversy well. We went on an excursion to Canberra not long after, and I got to see it in person. I've been in love with it ever since. Thanks for the retrospective!

[@SHAZZAH2107]

I thought the same

[@jamestulk5111]

Worth $350 million now.

[@Poohze01]

@@jamestulk5111 Priceless, really, if that word has any meaning in the art world.

[@unon735]

That's so nice to hear❤

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Me, too! It did so much for this nation, put us on a global art map. The secondary and tertiary income is billions. And there it is for us to see.

[@onemorechris]

71 years later, (some) people are still deeply challenged by artwork like this. not for the price, but simply that exists at all.

[@animula6908]

I’m surprised artists are so into it. To me, the obvious appeal is a big colorful piece for decorating flexibly. I totally get why that’s appealing to put in public. Deep discussions of meaning kind of defeat the purpose, from that point of view.

[@schmitkeoriginals]

​@@animula6908"I am nature" Pollock is an OG!!! 💯💯💯

[@dansmith4984]

Really great documentary. Having seen blue poles I thought it was amazing. The density of the paint between the poles is like a spiders web. Epic

[@ingridllinas5612]

Love the documentary. I particularly not a fan of him, but it is quit surprising that listening to all the information about his technique, energy and way of thinking T that time when Picasso dominated the scene, i ended liking this painting particularly. It is not just about seeing but comprehending what moves an artist in his own way. I mean as a way of expression. Looking at Rothko’s Stella and more paintings that the collector had was stunning. What a great collection. Sometimes arguments are had to deal with, not everybody thinks the same way, but there are progressive and adventurous mind. Hopefully! Indeed you own a master in Abstract Expressionism! An American Treasure in a great Nation. Thank you.

[@Sophia1a1]

This story could become a great movie one day.

[@bobbytaw1356]

Pollock painting is lovely 😍 Always make me smile 😁

[@sirbantzalot]

you can stop lying to yourself....

[@dees9502]

Well done. Thank you 🙏

[@pederfuglpedersen9091]

great video💯💯

[@edwardferry8247]

The National Gallery and government were bang on. 👏 Hughes at his peak was a brilliant critic. Cézanne would have loved it, one can almost see his final bathers evolving in Blue Poles. 🙌

[@georgeedward1226]

The painting has made its money back for Australia over the years in all the visitors who made the trip to see the painting in person.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Many times over.

[@FiloCreww]

Great documentary

[@lynnblack6493]

Well I really want to get back to Canberra and this time visit the gallery. Blue Poles is beautiful!

[@shanesydney127]

When the speak of the future 100 years from now 200 years no one artist ever said what will happen to beautiful paintings of the past. Cryogenically in freeze ? is that not another artform of itself. To the great men & women of the future ....

[@carmenmarryshow3164]

Wonderful Master of Abstract Technic

[@KimBTown]

It’s the spatter. It’s visceral- sublime.

[@KellenBegin]

kind of like when i masterbate on the floor, its just the spatter, right?

[@stevenhanson6057]

“How should one look at a Pollack painting?” “With one’s mind closed.”

[@unon735]

Beautiful movie❤

[@tomcrockett7941]

The process is part of the art. The photographs of his process is part of the art.

[@dees9502]

Very well put 👍

[@KellenBegin]

like my masturbation. its just part of the process of the art

[@oikkuoek]

There is art, modern and classical, and then there is Pollock. And mimics of Pollock. The difference is in the feel when your hairs start to rise. You don't have to, and it's even better if you don't know anything about art. You'll still feel it. The pile of rubble, a self portrait, basic shapes, something merky, and then.. Pollock. Something totally different. I can feel the pain in Mr. Hellers thoughts when he recalled his apartment before dismanteling his collection.

[@ariadneschild8460]

I feel bad for Mr Heller too, having to sell that painting would be pretty hard . It's obvious he missed Blue Poles .

[@skylarkportraitstudio]

Pollock wasn't different. He was a natural outgrowth of what was happening around him. " ... and then ... Pollock ..." well no, not even. Many of us want to believe in one-offs, but they don't exist. Even Krasner didn't peddle this twaddle. Pollock returned to figuration in the end because he saw that the 'big empty' was just that. Cody boys know a crock of shit when they find themselves standing in it. Alas he couldn't find his way-out and returned to boozing.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Beautifully written

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

@@skylarkportraitstudioit isn’t twaddle merely because you don’t agree. Try an actual engagement.

[@skylarkportraitstudio]

@@lizziebkennedy7505 Twaddle is what it is. I don't need to agree or disagree with it to see it as twaddle.

[@johnharty9692]

"When the streets are cold and lonely, And the cars they burn below me.~the stone roses-made of stone.

[@ariadneschild8460]

Pollack broke the mould, I find his brushless technique so exciting and his choice of colour soothing.

[@Nullabore]

I applaud our Government for having artistic forethought in purchasing one of the great modern paintings at a price I consider to be a steal

[@401xyz]

I immediately thought of barbed wire and the 1st WW trenches. In front of the real thing, he is the real thing. This is video.

[@latenightlogic]

Blue Poles. It essentially is priceless. I’ve heard ball park figures of around 350 million and of course at that price it’s open season, the sky’s the limit.

[@skylarkportraitstudio]

Blue skies and ball parks. A very American comment. Priceless.

[@latenightlogic]

@@skylarkportraitstudio I’ve reread that 5 times and I’m no closer to understanding what it means.

[@skylarkportraitstudio]

@@latenightlogic “The sky’s the limit.” Exactly what an AbEx icon would have said about his own limitless limitations. Who’d thunk a lacemaker would come outta our own Cody? Not me. I’m all outta apple pies but I got all the blue skies and ball parks you could dream of. 5 million for a big ole lace doily is a deal made in old maid heaven. My God, that was a man, wasn’t he?

[@latenightlogic]

@@skylarkportraitstudio ok, I’m slowly going to back away. I’m not making any sudden moves, I’m going to ease backwards and walk away, everything is ok. Everything will be fine

[@skylarkportraitstudio]

@@latenightlogic All pollocked out today. Blue Poles was a steal at any price. One of a kinds are hard to find. Benson’s kid did good.

[@joycefroney6162]

The Master!

[@denaredford6701]

I like how his work is ageless ,and yes priceless .😊

[@sirbantzalot]

please stop lying

[@Johnconno]

Pollock and Brando have always sounded like each other.

[@mikeschneider901]

I've seen a lot of Polack paintings. IMHO he was first and foremost a calligrapher. Look at his (less popular) work after the drip period.

[@gregwing6409]

Terrific! Thank you for producing this short video on Blue Poles. Cheers- Greg. Clifton Park, N.Y. USA

[@tomcrockett7941]

Does anyone know his blue and yellow and black”what is it called? Thanks

[@nickwolterman2137]

This is a badass painting, but for the record, "the financial" is not "a record of world opinion." It's at best a record of the opinion of the cultured middle and upper classes.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

It is what Sotheby’s and Christie’s tell us based on doing that: selling renowned art.

[@petermailloux685]

Now it’s worth 300+ million I’d say they did well

[@carlosmares425]

Make way,MAKE WAY!!!!!! 'n he did.

[@braksuper]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@madiola1234]

the guy who bought the pollock painting went on and on but didn't actually say he liked the painting..lol

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Huh?

[@virgogaming6488]

Pollock's paintings are like a deconstruction of art.

[@robertwalker2052]

It could be worth $50 million now (2021).

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

A$350m. It’s been estimated by the major art auction houses

[@carmenmarryshow3164]

My admiration for Pollock been his an American me Venezuelan not Russia

[@tomcrockett7941]

I studied under pollock. No s/)t my high school art teacher was named pollock. Lol

[@itsyunggrave]

that nearly a week to dry for each layer comment is bollocks

[@401xyz]

In any case it's always geo-economico-politico and the powers that be had to shift the scene post war from France/Europe to America.

[@gregdahlen4375]

wonder what pollock would have done with rock n roll lol

[@KellenBegin]

masterbated on a canvas and call it art

[@waynekasmar4401]

What we got is what he did with jazz.

[@timsimmons7916]

He said, "contrived," I say, BS.

[@daltjacob4687]

Good grief, such a entertaining doc but nearly spoiled by Jerry Saltz who is the WORST!

[@knowwankeno1de1witdelongna85]

I don’t get it at all LOL!!! Laughable that paint on a canvas looking like ass becomes millions of bucks. Lmao!! F all this

[@sirbantzalot]

agreed, its a lie these people want to believe in. it makes them feel important.. but we can all see that Pollock is no artist , but a fraud.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

That you don’t get it has nothing to do with the art. Your ego is out of control

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

@@sirbantzalotwow. You are hollow.

[@knowwankeno1de1witdelongna85]

@@sirbantzalot I agree with this statement. Pollock is Bollocks 😭😂😭😭😂😂😂😂😂

[@sirbantzalot]

​@@lizziebkennedy7505 Lizzie , sorry to shatter your whole world., Modern Art was a racket to launder money and an attempt at defiling true European Classic art. The media is the promotional platform for the BS they need you dummies to latch onto. you are a consumer of made up NaRRATIVES. Stop being a bystander and use that noodle between your ears, it will help clarify a few things for you.

[@reinarforeman6518]

" Australia did not want to see itself as a white bastion in a yellow world".... yikes 😬

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

We had just ended the white Australia policy when Whitlam bought this. It was less than a decade later.

[@jjpadrones4718]

all i can hear is just an excuse for a level zero painting in terms of fine/classical art,, pollock and other abstract whatever painters are just lazy to study fine/classical art,, they just cant draw in the level of leonardo or a michaelangelo, so they are just making excuses, excuses , excuses...

[@alanbauch2815]

Blue poles... are you kidding.. ? It would be like buying the vatican...

[@reddiver7293]

Except for the complex, intellectual brilliance of their painting, just a bunch of moody, cantankerous drunks. The effects of alcohol are demeaning.

[@autofocus4556]

The man who inspired all the worthless tik tok spinning bucket painters.

[@Happyfsscist33]

I got paid by the CIA?

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

They wasted their money on you.

[@stevennowachek2657]

Crap it's all crap

[@moncorp1]

90+% of modern "art" is pure garbage. Look no further than Pollock, Piet Mondrian and Mark Rothko. What they call art is just pure fraud.

[@Driecnk]

@@moncorp1 Really

[@markborder906]

@@moncorp1 Three of the greatest artists ever.

[@carlos66965]

@@moncorp1 Or the more reasonable approach, is that YOU specifically just don't like their stuff.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Says a nobody

[@JimGorm]

beyond cringe