Is some of this stuff really art?

[Don_Lapre]

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It sounds like someone trying to find meaning in something essesntially meaningless, because they see others doing so and think it sophisticated to appreciate it.

Again I will say though, that if Pollock had the artistic skill to paint an extremely good impressionist or landscape painting, then I would be willing to give a little more credibility to his art form, though not much. But as I said, I suspect that he didn't possess that skill, and that neither do so many other abstract artists in whatever media they practice in.

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Well I'm not trying to pretend to be sophisticated or grasping at straws, I really do believe what I posted. My opinion is biased though because I have studied art for a long time and went to art school. Many abstract painters are talented artists who created beautiful realistic pictures before they started painting abstractly. Pollock started out as a surrealist and I believe there is evidence of talent in some of his early works. Here's some examples.


Male-Female, 1942




Moby Dick, 1943




The Key, 1946