Getty Research Journal, No. 9, Supplement 1 : Examining Pollock

Gail Feigenbaum

"This special issue of the Getty Research Journal comprises the most in-depth interdisciplinary look at Jackson Pollock's work to date. The volume is centered around Pollock's most important early painting, Mural (1943), the work that convinced the critic Clement Greenburg that Pollock was the key painter of his generation. Ten contributions by leading art historians, conservators, curators, and conservation scientists explore issues ranging from Pollock's inspiration from surrealism and action photography to his relationship to architecture and regionalism. In particular, this collaborative study asks what the new tools of technical analysis and advanced imaging can do for art history, not just to answer factual questions but to guide interpretation. The cross-disciplinary investigation has resulted in significant further development in our understanding of how Pollock was working,...