White Light
1954 · Oil, enamel, and aluminum paint on canvas
48 1/4 x 38 1/4" (122.4 x 96.9 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Jackson Pollock
American, 1912
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Prints: Proofs and Variants
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989–1990
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Master Prints from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989
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Master Prints from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987–1988
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Surrealist Prints from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987
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Drawing since 1940
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987
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Why this artist matters now
Jackson Pollock developed the drip technique, pouring and splashing liquid household paint onto horizontal canvases to paint from all angles, a method known as all-over or action painting. Working with the force of his entire body in a frenetic dancing style, he became a defining figure of Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s. His radical approach to abstraction divided critics sharply: some celebrated the immediacy of creation, others dismissed the apparent randomness of the results. Pollock's practice fundamentally redefined the relationship between artist, gesture, and canvas surface.
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New York, US
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