new exhibit at A+A

[Laurel Bliss <laurel.bliss@YALE.EDU>]

I am pleased to announce a new exhibit at A+A, curated by Sarah Coe, on 
"The Reflected Lives of Jackson Pollock and Harry Jackson."  

These two artists were both promising Expressionist painters in New York, 
reviewed well by the same critic, given equal chance for success. Indeed, 
they both found success, but in very different ways. Their lives are both 
reflections and inversions of each other, and throw into relief the 
choices that artists make. They share a remarkable number of experiences, 
but have ended up at different ends of the art spectrum. If Harry Jackson 
had remained an abstract artist, would he have achieved the fame of 
Pollock? If Pollock had retreated to figurative work, would he have sold 
more paintings, been happy, and lived a long, productive life? 

The exhibit will be be up through the end of the summer or you can look at 
it online at http://www.library.yale.edu/art/pollockexhibit.html

Laurel

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Laurel Bliss
Librarian for Art and Architecture
Yale Arts Library
P.O. Box 208242
New Haven, CT 06520
Ph: 203-436-8052
Fax: 203-432-0549
Email: laurel.bliss@yale.edu