September 26, 2009

Hidden Name?

Did the Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock hide his name amid the swirls and torrents of his 1943 Mural? An art historian, Henry Adams, makes the case for a signature gesture in the October 2009 issue of Smithsonian Magazine.
Read the article here.


3 comments:

Laura Salazar said...

I think it is cool when people put their names in their artwork. Sometimes you won't be able to tell that there is a name in there. Sometimes, it can get annoying when you are trying to figure out what it says. I personally like letter that are actually drawings of something. People that do those are quite talented.

Vanessa Jauregui said...

i could not find it! i know its there but its still hard to see it! that is so cool how people do that!amazingly talented!

Garrett Allard said...

I found his name! It's kind of like an optical illusion, but very creative.