Tag American pop culture

December 30, 2011
in American History, History, Humanities

For the Dangerous Artist, and His Admirers

December 30, 2011
in American History, History, Humanities

When it comes to the artistic Icons of America, Jackson Pollock might not always first come to mind, though asking who else might be is an equally difficult question. Norman Rockwell’s art offers the quintessential vision of ideal families, and those of the Hudson River School paint the American landscape.

August 11, 2011
in American History, History, Humanities

Rebel With an Abstract Cause

August 11, 2011
in American History, History, Humanities

Evelyn Toynton’s forthcoming Icons of America biography, Jackson Pollock, explores how Pollock’s tortured and conflicted character transformed popular culture. Against a backdrop of criticism that found American art inferior to its European counterpart (Marcel Duchamp wrote that “The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.”), Pollock’s controversial, even rebellious, work was provocative for generations old and new.