Links & Social Media

The following links are about Jackson Pollock’s life, his career as well as what and who influenced him, and paintings currently displayed at the MoMA.

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock

I added this Wikipedia link as the information is quite good and it has good references and also a list of his well known paintings.  There are also external links which lead to you to other websites which are credible such as the National Gallery of Australia, The Art Story and the Museum of Modern Art.

National Gallery of Australia - http://nga.gov.au/Pollock/

I included this website because it is of medium to high authority being the National Gallery of Australia.  It had some good information about Jackson Pollock’s life as well as information about his paintings.

 

The Art Story - http://www.theartstory.org/artist-pollock-jackson.htm#

I chose this website also because the person who started this website is in the art industry in New York.  The website has reliable links as well as contact details.  He has approximately 12 people who write for the website with varying backgrounds, from academics, researchers, graphic artists and programmers who publish content on a regular basis.  I found this website to be of medium authority.

 

Museum of Modern Art - http://www.moma.com

I also added the Museum of Modern Art website because they have some stunning paintings on display, which if you click on the link will take you straight to those paintings which you will see there are some paintings in the earlier style of painting right through to the drip method and so on.  As it is a museum I found it to be of medium to high authority.

Social Media

I added some social media for you to follow as well, some of which have been created by Jackson Pollock enthusiasts such as the Twitter and Facebook pages.  I added an RSS Feed for MoMA as well as 5 blogs which relate to different aspects of Jackson Pollock's life.  For example, MoMA Inside/Out and The Getty Iris blogs are about the conservation process currently in place for his paintings and the Art and Artists blog has a good outline of his work and his personal life.

BLOGS

Gambit – New Orleans - http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/Search?cx=018011518420473354465%3At82dunowuwc&cof=FORID%3A9&q=jackson+pollock&sa=GO

Gambit Communications Inc is a New Orleans newspaper that has been operating for about 33 years.  It is one of the most successful weeklies in the country and has won a number of annual awards for editorial and design achievement.  I chose this blog because there were some interesting articles about Jackson Pollock and thought it was on topic.  I consider this newspaper to be of medium authority.

 Smithsonian - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/where-did-jackson-pollock-get-his-ideas-105584561/?no-ist

The Smithsonian looks at topic and subject matters researched, studied and exhibited by the Smithsonian Institution which include science, history, art, popular culture and innovation and chronicle them for their diverse readers.  The Smithsonian Institute is a group of museums and research centres administered by the USA government and I would therefore consider it to be of high authority.  I used this in the blog as there is an interesting article asking the question of how Jackson Pollock came by his ideas which I thought was relevant as that was one of my client’s questions.

Museum of Modern Art - http://www.moma.org/search?query=jackson+pollock

As previously mentioned, I consider the Museum of Modern Art to be of high authority and I put this in the blog because it details an interesting program currently being run by the Museum in relation to the conservation of Jackson Pollock’s artwork as well as the many paintings they hold.

The Getty Iris - http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?s=jackson+pollock&searchsubmit=%3E

The Getty Iris is an online magazine which has articles that articles and blogs that have been written by volunteers, scholars and interns.  It is affiliated with the Getty Conservation Institute and the J Paul Getty Museum and I consider it to be of medium to high authority.  It has also been created for educational and discussion purposes and includes videos, blogs posts, blog links and articles and has blogs that are on topic and in particular to Jackson Pollock’s painting the “Mural”.

Art & Artists - http://poulwebb.blogspot.com.au/search?q=Jackson+Pollock

Francis Gallery aka Paul Webb has an Arts Degree from Cambridge as well as having exhibited his own works.  He has showed his work in major international exhibits for his drawings at MoMA as well as watercolours at the Museum of Fine Arts, Bilbao.  He has also worked in oils on canvas and is a well-regarded artist.  I consider this blog to be of medium authority as he works in the industry and has done so for a long time and is well respected in the art industry.