Title: Male and Female
Dimensions: 186.1 x 126.2 cm
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1942
References: totallyhistory.com, philamuseum.org, wikipedia.org
Jackson Pollock was a Russian painter that struggled with
mental instability. It was recommended that he use his expressive art as
therapeutic treatment. The portrait Male and Female was created during as such
a means. The image displays two distorted figures, one male and one female
entwined in each other. The colors are
bright and vibrant and the two figures appear in abstract form. Each figure is
meant to represent unique characteristics. The male has numbers and
mathematical symbols that are said to represent intellect and culture and the
female has big eyes with long eyelashes and a curvy figure to represent
sensuality and nature. When asked to elaborate on his artwork Pollock claimed
that “ any attempt on my part to say something about it… could only destroy it”
(Philamuseum).
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