LookingOutwork 6 Randomness

Link: https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/27407/
The piece I want to focus on is Jackson pollock’s Number three. In this
painting, he “layered multiple strands of paint” to generate the painting
where the colors seem to be interwoven together. What I really admire by the
the piece is its apparent order despite the randomness in its creation, where
through the layering of the painting, the artist still creates this hierarchy
between the different colors of paint, demonstrating order in the chaos.

The randomness executed by the artist is a form of pseudo-randomness, where
although the pollock seems to layer on the paint randomly, he still created
the painting with an intention of not creating a focal point, thus if the
painting medium is in control of the artist, the randomness executed will
definitely, be influenced by the artist’s creative intentions.

Despite the apparent random qualities, you can still see the artistic
sensibilities of Jackson, where the painting still displays a sense of unity
with color. His artistic sensibilities are also demonstrated in the flow of
the paint, where the artist creates different thicknesses of paint lines and
curvature through how fast and how hard he pours the paint – which is another
demonstration of pseudo-randomness.