| In
this complex painting by the
modern American painter Jackson
Pollock; everything is painted
in mess and grotesque. The background
of the painting is completely
blue and the images are complex
as well as mysterious. On the
top of the painting in the left
side there is the half circle
of the moon with so many spots
on the surface. There is a knife
in front of the moon image and
another very mysterious women
figure with the crown of feathers
as well as mysterious dressing
has been painted on the bottom
side of the painting. There
are some boats on the shaken
conditions there are so many
vague and not clearly identified
different images to be painted.
There is the name of the painter
on the bottom of the painting
which is the common feature
of all the paintings of Jackson
Pollock.
The
American painter Jackson Pollock
is known as the abstract painter
which is the modern trained
of painting reflecting the reality
in the mysterious and complex
way. The background blue is
dominated by dominating red
color which symbolically suggests
the idea of the modern world
to be pictured: it is the suggestion
of over shadow of peace but
the domination of violence and
blood shed which are the common
features of the modern world.
The weapons suggest the domination
of that power which is violent
power with the help of weapons.
As an American painter Jackson
Pollock may have even reflected
cultural festival celebrated
by the American Indian people.
In a festival the American Indians
celebrate it by changing themselves
into mysterious disguise, the
women use different types of
masks on their faces and they
use the crown of feathers by
painting different colors. They
even bring different types of
weapons and suppose to attack
the moon considering it as the
symbol of ideal feminine beauty.
The moon image, the weapons,
as well as the mysterious female
figure in the painting suggest
the attempt of the painter to
reflect the cultural festival
of the Americans.
Similarly
according to astrology the moon
and the sea are in a certain
relationship, when they are
high tides in the sea there
is the effect in the moon so
that we can see so many spots
on the moon surface. That astrological
belief is also reflected in
this painting. There are black
spots on the moon surface clearly
visible in the painting and
even the boats on the bottom
of the painting are in the shaken
condition. Logically speaking
the snakes boats suggesting
the probability of high tides
in the sea so that the effect
in the moon can be seen which
are the black spots every where.
Moreover the painting has so
many contrasting elements such
as the violence and peace, mystery
and uncertainty, sky and sea
weapons and boats etc. The name
of the painter to be written
in the painting makes it a different
style only that Jackson Pollock
uses to make his style unique.
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