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Originally Posted by DARISC
Les Automatiste's (the movement) influence was surrealism, with which abstract expressionism has absolutely nothing to do (Pollack was an abstract expressionist and, to the best of my knowledge, was never influenced by surrealism). To lump the works together makes no sense at all.
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That wasn't my point. Their influences, or that of Pollock's (Thomas Hart Benton, Picasso, etc.) are irrelevant. I was trying to say that a person could make a painting using Pollock's methods and materials and not achieve the same effect. Just because it is a drip painting, doesn't mean it is like a Pollock. The difference stems from the effect Pollock was trying to achieve, which a casual study by an imitator won't reveal. His work may appear to be random but that doesn't mean that he didn't direct each "stroke" for a particular purpose.
Here is a selection of works by Pollock, by Les Automatistes and by others unknown. The casual student of art may have a tendency to lump these all together into one basket. A more serious appraisal would not.
JR
