Jackson Pollock

artist · 2 mentions across 2 readings

In this course

Jackson Pollock appears primarily as a historical reference point for mid-twentieth-century American artistic practice and the social conditions of artistic labor, invoked in a discussion of the New Deal era when visual artists enjoyed robust public support and institutional integration. His inclusion alongside figures like Philip Guston marks a moment before the post-war separation of art from broad social infrastructure, a historical context that seems relevant to the course's investigation of how art, technology, and society interpenetrate. The reference is somewhat passing—he anchors a historical claim about artistic patronage rather than serving as a focal theoretical figure in the readings.

Mentioned in 2 readings

Diedrich Diederichsen

from On (Surplus) Value In Art

It is interesting to note that a model of political and public involvement once existed in the United States, namely in the 1930s, when visual artists were widely included in New Deal projects. From Philip Guston to Jackson Pollock, many ar…

Stephen Zepke

Introduction, Art as Abstract Machine: Ontology and Aesthetics in Deleuze and Guattari

Finally we have arrived at what has no doubt been a puzzling absence to this introduction. Art, I mean art as it is normally understood, pictures and things. Of course it was never absent, because the path so far taken was necessary in orde…

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