"Scientists have found that the artist's works - known for their dynamic swirls of oil and enamel paint - bear an uncanny resemblance to children's imitations. In experiments at the University of Oregon, kids aged between four and six successfully managed to create visually-pleasing Pollock-like replicas. The amazing findings suggest true art can equally be created by 'a critically acclaimed painter or a toddler with crayons'."
"Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) is famous for his drip technique in which he poured and dripped paint onto the canvas from above. This typically involved releasing the paint from a saturated stick or even directly from the can - resulting in unique snapshots almost impossible to perfectly replicate without help from a machine. 'Painting in the air above the canvas, his paint trajectories served as a direct record of his motions,' say the study authors."
Children aged four to six produced visually pleasing works that closely resemble Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings during experiments at the University of Oregon. Jackson Pollock used a drip technique that involved pouring and dripping paint from above, sometimes from a saturated stick or directly from the can, producing unique motion-captured trajectories. Those paint trajectories captured multiscaled body movements including hands, arms, torso, and legs. Pollock’s work helped define abstract expressionism in the late 1940s and 1950s and often faces public dismissal with the remark that a child could have created similar images. An interactive quiz challenges viewers to distinguish child-made images from Pollock originals.
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