Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "How Jackson Pollock became so overrated" video.

  1. That's the way it's been since the 1800's. Ever since the standard of realism has been thrown out in favor of perceived value, artists can be thrown into the spotlight at someone's whim, instead of proving it with skill and years of experience.
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  2. 1000 times YES! Did you see Facebook's new headquarters? There are literally parts of the wall's inner structure exposed, the whole damn hallway looks like the interior of a Home Depot
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  3. I still don't like modern art, even less so post-modern. If Pollock had at least some kind of method to his madness, then I would give him credit where it's due. But in exploring the possibilities of form and asking the question, "what is art?" (which is most of modern art btw), he didn't put any thought behind the actual composition. Sure, the colors. The radical departure from structure that even Picasso had adhered to. But all of that is inherent to a painting lacking such drastic pieces of traditional artwork. Any such painting would lead you to think about art that way. If you inverted the colors of Jackson's painting, its function- its value to the progression of artistic thought- is the same. It still subverts the same conventions. If I splattered paint onto a canvas, the effect on the viewer, if they aren't told who painted it, would be the exact same. There is literally nothing about Pollock, besides his groomed image, that makes him a good painter, or even an artistic thinker. Sorry.
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