Action Painting

A recent exhibition at Fundació Joan Miró (last year actually) showcased a few of my works alongside those of Andy Warhol, Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely and several others who work in a variety of media from the late forties (like me) to the present. This exhibition basically explored the influences and connections that emerged from "action painting", a type of painting that focuses more on the process, the action of painting, rather than the subject itself. The type of painting I was (am) quite well known for.

Well, 'action painting' to me is simply a natural growth out of need, a new way of expressing myself to the world, I don't feel that it's unusual at all as it comes to me very naturally. While painting, I uses a liquid paint so it flows better, with a stick as a tool to carry the paint around the canvas. In this process, the sticks do not touch the surface of the canvas at all, rather, it is just above. I am able to be more free and have a greater freedom to move about the canvas with ease this way.

My painting became a game?

I came across a website with an interactive game sort of thing, that allows users to 'drip paint' on a blank canvas today, as a digital recreation of my works.

And of course, I tried it out of curiosity and amusement.

I am really irritated with the blotches of color that appears when my mouse stays at a place for too long though. I don't understand why anyone would want to (drip) paint digitally with a mouse, when they can just grab a canvas and paint to do it, where the sense intimacy with the materials is so prominent and important. And just the action of applying the paint itself, the movements that leaves marks on the canvas, is such an enjoyable sensation and process.

This was created out of annoyance with the blotches. Like I've said, it was somewhat amusing.

Link: http://www.jacksonpollock.org/