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New Jackson Pollock Paintings Discovered

Wednesday May 18, 2005
A collection of 32 paintings by artist Jackson Pollock from 1946 through 1949 were found by a family friend in a warehouse. The paintings were created when the artist was largely unknown and represents a huge find for art world. The discoverer hopes that the paintings can go on tour and be studied by art historians.

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May 12, 2008 at 11:59 am
(1) marko nissinen says:

`World is a painting, we live in the painting, we have been painted`. I regard him as a founder of ( as I see it subjectively ) `interpretation field`. For example, his painting `autumn-rhythm` is autumn `depainted` from it`s ` clothes` leaving dynamic `kernel` of the autumns `AUTUM-NESS` to `sense` in the `atmosphere`, not only outerly, but also ( kind of ) `pitching` watcher`s mind to be able to `INTERPRETATE` something`s `essence`. This `interpretation-field` `transmits` a `string-bridge` between observer and phenomena functioning mutually. I view some of his paintings as `flash-shots` of EMERGENT-PHASE of the `interpretation-field` BEHIND the phenomena/object. They `EXPRESS` the `nature` of a `field` ( regarding phenomena, for example an `autumn` ) in which the `interpretation` of `IMPRESSION` is born after perceiving something that `captures` the ( persons ) attention. It`s a parallel dimension to the quantum-/nano-physics, but depicts something that physics lack ( so far ) namely, `possibility`-dimension to `express` `INTERPRETATIONS` about `impressions` and is therefore inevitably connected to consciousness. `Flower` is not knowledge. Yet, it does not prevent writing books about them. If I touch a beautiful woman, what do I touch? I cannot touch `absolute` beauty but relative, because beauty`s `ESSENCE` is change. Without change there is NO beauty. Finally, my `touch` is the `expression` of the (`after-`) `impression` caused by `interpretation-possibility-field`. Perhaps the fundamental nature of the existence is closely related to ART.

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