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Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) is widely considered the most challenging and influential American artist of the 20th century. This sumptuous book offers a fresh overview of his achievement, reinterpreted for a new generation. Published to accompany an exhibition that opens at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, on October 28, 1998, this complete visual record of the artists work includes over 200 color reproductions of paintings, drawings, and prints, enhanced by numerous details, nine foldouts, and documentary photographs.Kirk Varnedoe explores Pollocks life, the mythology that has grown up around him as the prototypical "action" painter, and the different critical schools that have tried to lay claim to his legacy. Pepe Karmel offers new insight into Pollocks famous "drip" technique, as revealed by an intensive, computer-assisted study of photographs and films of Pollock at work.Kirk Varnedoe is chief curator of The Museum of Modern Art's Department of Painting and Sculpture.Pepe Karmel is an adjunct assistant curator at the Modern.

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