Variant: I prefer to tack the canvas to the floor... I can walk around work from the four sides and literally be in the painting... this is akin to the method of the Indians and painters of the West.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Pollock links his floor method to indigenous and Western traditions.
- In plain terms
- He compares his floor painting method to older traditions.
- What can you take from it?
- Modern methods often have historical roots.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What traditions influence your work?
- How does history shape modern methods?
Another view
Historical comparisons can be debated by scholars.
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