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Portrait And A Dream Pollock Analysis

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“Portrait and a Dream” was made using oil enamel on canvas through action painting, and it was located on the 1st floor in the “Museum is History” gallery. Looking at the map it’s on the 1st level where it says “contemporary art”. The “Portrait and a Dream” is very large and it actually gets its on entire wall on the gallery. Basically the piece is divided into two distinct parts: one side involves a lot of squiggly black lines jumbled up together in a chaotic manner; I call this side the “dream side”. And the other part of the piece is represents what appears to be a very abstract portrait of a female face using colors like red, orange, yellow, and of course black; I call this side the “portrait side”. To me the artwork represented the chaos and disorder represented in people’s dreams, deepest thoughts, and dearest hopes in contrast to the more colorful and more relatable and conservative outward appearance we show everyone. Taking a deeper look at the visual elements present in this piece you see lines and contour lines are used throughout the piece from the “dream side” where black lines, thick and thin alike, run across the canvas. Shape is used where you can see the shape of a human face on the “portrait side” of the piece. The colors red, orange, and yellow are used on the “portrait side” side of the piece, and black is used throughout, and looking at …show more content…

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