Watched the second part of this short series last night (Sunday 27.11.11). Much more evidence of the presenters prejudices and bias. Not helped by the strident music background no doubt designed to get us to become emotionally involved.
Largely on the more avant garde American artists. For me was the moment when the presenter walked into Jackson Pollocks studio and stroked the paint splashes on the floor as though paying obeisance to the great master. The thought struck me that some enterprising gallery owner should buy the floor, take it up board by board and display it. To make it more interesting he could change the positions of the board relative to each other challenging the visitor to 'see' the artists intention. To the uninitiated such as myself the floor splashes were as good as the deliberate paintings. Earlier we had seen a short film showing Pollock at work on his 'drip' paintings and claiming to have the brush and paint under control at all times. Does it not follow that the apparent splashes were deliberate and the floor is one of Pollock's great undiscovered works.
Saved the programme for a second, more considered, look.
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