When I went to the Met one of the pieces that really stood out to me was a piece called Autumn Rhythm. Autumn Rhythm was made by Jackson Pollock, a famous artist known for his distinct splatter art, which took him three years to complete spanning from 1947 to 1950. Autumn Rhythm is another one of Pollock's abstract splatter art; to grossly oversimplify it is a bunch of random splatters and splashes of paint put onto one canvas. The way this piece was created was no different from how Pollock created his other pieces, Pollock would dip certain objects in paint, such as hard brushes, and let the paint drip onto the canvas as he moved around it. Layers and layers of drips and spots of varying colors later a piece is finished. The piece was displayed under fairly bright lighting, which helps us notice the various dark paints Pollock used to create this work. The negative space is primarily the bare canvas underneath. This bareness helps emphasize the technique used to create this piece of work since the dots of paint and flow of paint can be clearly seen.
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