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March 09, 2008

Art's best kept fashion secret

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What fuelled the action painting of American artist Jackson Pollock?

Was it angst? Nope.

Testosterone? Nope.

A sublimal drive towards fractal expressionism? Nope.

Tucked away in the print edition of this month's edition of V Magazine is the answer:

Pollock wore Converse All Star sneakers!

Time to re-write that macho history of Abstract Expressionism?


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fractal expressionism? ha. i think you enjoyed typing that..

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