Talk:Blue Poles

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Jackson Pollock was one of many action painters but was by far the most renowned and respected.

[edit] Prints

Does anyone happen to have any idea why it's so hard to buy a fine art print of this particular painting? I find lots of Pollock prints at art.com, but none of this particular painting. -ErinHowarth 21:20, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Not an answer to your particular question, but the National Gallery of Australia has 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles of BP for sale. Get one, complete it, frame it, hang it on the wall and you'll have something to really be proud of. I've got one and started it twice. Just finishing the edge is a real challenge! --Pete 22:59, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

I have a very large print of this painting, which I picked up at the MOMA during the big Pollock exhibit several years ago. I don't know where you can find one. I wanted to remark that the statement in the article, "It is similar to other drip paintings by Pollock," sounds a bit ignorant and insulting for an encyclopedia. 67.80.72.89 15:31, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cost

I find it difficult to beleive this ugly pile of garbage owned by our government would be worth a figure such as that

• I wonder if AU$1.3 million was in fact the highest price ever paid for a work of modern art, or the highest such price paid in Australia. The article might need modifying. Alpheus 00:47, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

I spoke with a chap valuing the ANG collection a while back. $41 million is his valuation. I'm no great fan of modern art (much of which is garbage, sometimes literally), but Blue Poles is a work of genius, all the more amazing for the time in which it was produced. --Pete 02:15, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

a work of genious? does that make the death of Clea Rose a work of genious? Both were brought about by excessive drug use. I think you will find that Pollock was a heroine addict or at least a user, the painting has a spoon on it doesnt it? 203.129.37.21 (talk) 01:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)