The science behind Jackson Pollock’s art

The science behind Jackson Pollock’s art

Detail from a work by Jackson Pollock, Moma. Credit: Finn Terman Frederiksen.

Whatever you think of Jackson Pollock’s abstract art, it seems there’s a bit of science to it. In fact, a Google Scholar search unearths nearly 19,000 papers on the subject.

The latest research by Roberto Zenit, from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, and colleagues adds a detailed technical analysis from a fluid dynamics perspective.

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Published by Cosmos.

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