- Pollock was part of the New York School of painters and was a pioneer of [[Action Painting]]. He took the canvas off the wall and put it on the floor. “On the floor,” he stated, “I am more at ease, I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and be literally ‘in’ the painting” - His work doesn't have any points emphasis or identifiable parts. Our eyes are constantly on the move and it is why we perceive action paintings as dynamic. - Pollock intuitively grasped the idea of pareidolia and takes advantage of the brains ability to make sense of seemingly random noise. - ![[Number 32 - Jackson Pollock.png]] ---- Pollock went on between 1947 and 1950 to develop a new method of painting, one that revolutionized abstract art. He took the canvas off the wall and put it on the floor. In doing this, he was following the lead of Native American Indian sand painters in the Southwest, whose traditional works he had become familiar with during his boyhood in Wyoming (Shlain 1993). - [[Reductionism in Art and Brain Science]]