Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of Pollock.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Pollocks.

Examples

  • Anyway, this group, called the Pollocks Group is ostensibly a network of young rebels that in this instance offered to transform any old piece of junk you brought in into a piece of art, and in return only asked that you pay what you thought the finished item was worth.

    2009 June « One Size Fits One 2009

  • Anyway, this group, called the Pollocks Group is ostensibly a network of young rebels that in this instance offered to transform any old piece of junk you brought in into a piece of art, and in return only asked that you pay what you thought the finished item was worth.

    The value of value « One Size Fits One 2009

  • Through the generosity of the Pollock-Foundation, cash derived from the sale of Pollocks has helped many worthy people cope with the problems of "right now."

    John Seed: Selling Iowa's Pollock Mural: A Zen Buddhist Perspective John Seed 2011

  • Early Pollocks with almost dorky figures peering through or with flat, broad color surfaces certainly give one pause: while the density and texture of the earliest drip painting in the show, Full Fathom Five (1947) shows that drip was only one thing on Pollock's mind as he echoed the painterly textures and deep color palettes of his peers, like Richard Pousette-Dart whose deep sand-textured oils resemble split marangues on top of his canvas.

    Cat Weaver: Art as Curation: The (New) AB EX Story at MoMA Cat Weaver 2010

  • Prices for major Pollocks are so high, as are the prices for other blue chip works of art, that they seem divorced from the realities a struggling world economy.

    John Seed: Selling Iowa's Pollock Mural: A Zen Buddhist Perspective John Seed 2011

  • Through the generosity of the Pollock-Foundation, cash derived from the sale of Pollocks has helped many worthy people cope with the problems of "right now."

    John Seed: Selling Iowa's Pollock Mural: A Zen Buddhist Perspective John Seed 2011

  • Early Pollocks with almost dorky figures peering through or with flat, broad color surfaces certainly give one pause: while the density and texture of the earliest drip painting in the show, Full Fathom Five (1947) shows that drip was only one thing on Pollock's mind as he echoed the painterly textures and deep color palettes of his peers, like Richard Pousette-Dart whose deep sand-textured oils resemble split marangues on top of his canvas.

    Cat Weaver: Art as Curation: The (New) AB EX Story at MoMA Cat Weaver 2010

  • Biomorphs float through Arshile Gorkys into Robert Motherwells, tenacious human forms refuse to exit the stage staring one-eyed out of an early Jackson Pollocks and poking heads up into later Philip Gustons, compositions are echoed throughout with simple split canvases, swirling centers, and lots of strict verticals and horizontals.

    Cat Weaver: Art as Curation: The (New) AB EX Story at MoMA Cat Weaver 2010

  • Biomorphs float through Arshile Gorkys into Robert Motherwells, tenacious human forms refuse to exit the stage staring one-eyed out of an early Jackson Pollocks and poking heads up into later Philip Gustons, compositions are echoed throughout with simple split canvases, swirling centers, and lots of strict verticals and horizontals.

    Cat Weaver: Art as Curation: The (New) AB EX Story at MoMA Cat Weaver 2010

  • Prices for major Pollocks are so high, as are the prices for other blue chip works of art, that they seem divorced from the realities a struggling world economy.

    John Seed: Selling Iowa's Pollock Mural: A Zen Buddhist Perspective John Seed 2011

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.