Art Lovers Book Club
A program organized and hosted by the Figge Docents
1 pm Wednesday, March 7
Figge Café
Members only
Expand your understanding and appreciation of art by joining other art lovers for lively discussions about artists. Each program includes a short introduction and group discussion facilitated by Figge docents (volunteer tour guides). Because this program meets around the lunch hour, feel free to bring a brown bag lunch if desired. This program is free, and no registration is required, but participants must be Figge members. For more information about the Art Lovers Book Club, please contact the Education Department at 563.326.7804 x7887.
Pollock by Leonhard Emmerling
Book discussion leader: Judy Hazelton
A tragic icon of Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) took influences from Picasso and Mexican surrealism and developed his own way of seeing, interpreting, and expressing. Though his name inevitably conjures up images of the drip paintings for which he is most famous, this technique was only developed midway through his career. The progression from his earlier work to his final "action" paintings —a veritable revolution of painting as a concept—reveals the genius of this tortured artist whom many call the greatest modern American painter.
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