Thursday, July 21, 2011

Pollock at the AGO


I love this painting by Jackson Pollock, titled "Number 7, 1950", from the Ab Ex show at the AGO. It was hard to choose from a whole room of Pollock paintings but the colours and everything else about this one were difficult to resist! The AGO normally doesn't allow photography of any work and it is only this show that is the exception to that rule - not sure why.
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14 comments:

  1. Michael RowlandJuly 21, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    kinda weird Pat, I bet his room is a mess,,,M

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  2. LúciaJuly 21, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    Normally we can't take pictures of painting in the museums here, but I'm glad to see the same works you've early seen this week. ;-)

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  3. SharonJuly 21, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    This one is very appealing.

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  4. Paul in Powell RiverJuly 21, 2011 at 6:21 PM

    Can't say I'm a Pollock fan - that's one of his milder ones.

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  5. HalcyonJuly 21, 2011 at 8:38 PM

    They do allow photography at the MomA. So maybe those rules apply?
    I am definitely going to see this show. Thanks for the preview. :)

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  6. JackJuly 21, 2011 at 8:45 PM

    It is great. Hartford's Wadsworth and Boston's MFA both permit photography anywhere, without a flash, unless specifically prohibited for special exhibitions.

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  7. PerthDailyPhotoJuly 21, 2011 at 9:11 PM

    I must say I do like Pollock a lot, it's my style too and you can be very creative with it! Thanks Red for this glimpse into the exhibition. Have a good weekend!

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  8. Montreal Photo DailyJuly 21, 2011 at 9:38 PM

    This is a sedate Pollock. Still nice.

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  9. RandyJuly 21, 2011 at 10:29 PM

    Lucky you I would love to see a Pollack exhibit.

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  10. Sallie (FullTime-Life)July 21, 2011 at 11:05 PM

    Yay to this exhibit for allowing photos and yay for you for sharing them with all of us. Thank you.

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  11. UnknownJuly 22, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    Love his work. It's great that photos are allowed there.

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  12. EG CameraGirlJuly 22, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    I enlarged the photo and I'm glad I did. I like the colours too.

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  13. LowellJuly 22, 2011 at 9:22 AM

    Mostly I dislike this kind of art but I agree with you here. And I've done some photography which looks a bit like Jackson Pollock...I'll post some of that occasionally on our Images blog.

    Nice they let you take pics. I'll look forward to seeing more of them.

    Thanx for your nice comment on The Villages DP!

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  14. BirdmanJuly 22, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    Like Pollock... the painter and fish(sp?).

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