HELP MY!!! My muscles are too big! I am a big tall man and my muscles are even BIGGER! I use them to get views but they HURT so much!!! Because they are heavy. Do you have any advice, dear yan
@@Kulodemandril Everything is nature, including us and everything we create and think. To have the audacity and arrogance to claim one is not nature is pretentious.
I don't think it was hard to take for Pollock. He was already a very succesful and wealthy artist back then making art mostly for himself, not for people to enjoy or buy it I guess.
@@BeatriceLeFleur Contrary to popular rumor, Pollock was not actually very rich. Although he was probably the most famous painter in America, his work did not sell very well. It was too advanced for most collectors. (De Kooning, on the other hand, sold very well). In fact, Pollock was so broke that he often had to trade paintings for groceries at his local store. The store owner later sold it after Pollock died and it is now in the Pompidou.
Finally someone who doesn’t just take a position concerning Pollock’s art. He doesn’t say that he hates or likes it but explains it the way it is. Art is to be interpreted but I also like to hear a uninterpreted an objective view on art every once in a while.
@@jadefae It’s objective because Solar Sands doesn’t directly choose a side of the argument; the only purpose of this video is to educate people on Jackson Pollock’s other works that don’t involve his usual “splatter” technique. Sure, he gives opinions on how he feels about each artwork, but he doesn’t fully lean into one side or the other. He just states it how it is and lets the viewer make their own opinion on it.
Yeah, Knowing that he actually evolved and tried new things is very eye opening. It’s sad that art history has only deemed a very small portion of his work, worth talking about. This specially makes me like him much more, some of his other work reminds me of SAURA, an artist I really like.
Me too, and honestly, I really fell in love with a few of his non-drip pieces here. To be honest, I never knew he did anything besides the drip paintings, so I'm excited to learn about this.
I never really hated Pollock, but I do hate the art world/art gallery culture. They seem to like to push this whole elitist idea that anyone who doesn't get any sort of emotional response from looking at extremely abstract paintings to be like unrefined peasantry. Of course alienating people like this is only making them more and more irrelevant. When others say that people like Pollock are killing art, the only thing being killed is the art world. And personally I think that's a good thing. Art is certainly not dying, art is everywhere, just no longer in exclusive galleries for exclusive audiences. There's never been a better time for art, seeing as it's democratized and easily spread across the world via the internet.
Yes! Some claim that it's especially difficult to be recognized as an artist today because art is so abundant on the internet. But I think this is a misenterpretation: art has always been abundant. It's just that instead of galleries gatekeeping what is and isn't art, and deciding what should be seen by the masses, now everyone can share their work on platforms where it can (possibly) be seen by practically everyone. The internet has democratized art, and the more pretentios parts of the art "elite" have lost some of their power.
couldnt have said it better myself, i really like looking at concept art for video games, like something Alex Ries makes, something like that would never be in a gallery but is the most beautiful form of art for me.
Yeah, I like the ethos of the abstract expressionists specifically because it was anti establishment. It was a complete denial of every preconceived expectation in order to free artists and allow them to express themselves in the way they saw fit. Turning these into luxury investments and creating this elitist aura around them seems like a betrayal of the ideas that brought them into being on the first place.
It's really fucked up that artists are so often reduced to just a few years of their life. I'm guilty of it of doing it, most people are, and it's a bullshit perspective to take. Thank you for giving us a glimpse into his work and life.
@@yakub3962 Not all art teachers teach about artists... Some of them only make you do design chores for some school events or school decoration, some others only give you creativity and painting exercises. Don't just assume all teachers teach the same. Like, there are physics and math teachers who just eat and read a newspaper during every lesson, while the students have to basically teach themselves with their textbooks. Or a history teacher who instead of teaching history give the students summarize a chapter of the history book as homework after each lesson, making the students tell him about history each lesson while he's just eating. Also, some teachers really make paying attention hard when they digress and get side-tracked by unimportant anecdotes of their own life that have nothing to do with the what we're learning... I had teachers who taught their subject in a boring, uninteresting and draining way, but at the very least they were teaching it.
Wow. I actually developed a appreciation for Pollock for "The Deep." It's such a simple idea done with a hauntingly sharp execution. I don't know why it's not held as a masterpiece for the almost existential qualities it has (well, for me it does). Great video as usual Solar.
Woah his early paintings are actually super up my alley, absolutely amazing. Goes to follow with his brother’s early work. As it goes more abstract it is also amazing however later on the pieces become too... just eh to me
As much as i dislike his drip paintings, simply for the discourse and debate they created they have worth and clear importance in art and so are the people liking his paintings. Also deep is a gorgeous piece for sure
*People:* “We want more than dripping paintings.” *Jack:* _”Ok.”_ *People:* “Never mind, that drip looks nice.” *Jack:* 😐 _well at least I am earning money._
Lol yea this. I’ve always been a “modern art is dumb” guy but watching this sorta changed my attitude atleast towards pollock. I know next to nothing about art so I can’t explain it but I actually thought a lot of the drip paintings were really nice.
I totally agree. I understand that its not too hard to make, but its just purely fun to look at and thats ok. And it isnt his fault that his art became so expensive, which is purely the "fault" of the art industry, and next time I see someone say "they are just meant for money laundering" I want concrete evidence, and then I will change my mind
Your videos are easy to understand, entertaining, very well edited, prompt me to research further, and the most important quality is how relaxing they are! I usually watch your videos to fall asleep, or I listen to them while I draw. This one was especially intriguing. 💓💓💓
Judging pollock’s drip paintings by looking at tiny JPEGs of them is like judging Mozart by listening to it through a tinny 1950s radio in the next room
Same with Mark Rothko, shame too because the only time I've every seen one of his paintings was with shitty lighting. Rothko paintings are a real "mood".
sound like an excuse “noo you cant judge it from a picture!! youd have to be there to truly understand him...” like we are seeing the same painting dude
@@mejorge420 A painting on canvas is a physical object, often tens of feet wide and tall, and the layers of paint have varying depth and opacity and texture. Not to mention the fact that displays can only recreate a fairly small range of colors compared to what your eye can actually see. In contrast, what you get on a computer screen is a few inches across and usually lossily compressed, smearing out detail even beyond the natural noisiness of the camera. The metaphor may or may not be a bit exaggerated, but it's not devoid of substance.
Yeah but judging his paintings by looking at scaleable JPEGs of high quality is more like judging Mozart by listening to it through a decent stereo system - aka pretty fucking close to the original feeling and if it wasnt for this way of looking at it we all wouldnt be looking at it at all (at least most of us)
I both hate and love that Solar Sands is slowly but surely making me, and probably a lot of people, develop an actual artistic taste and knowledge. Good job, man.
I followed you since the days of critiquing deviant art drawings and until now. It’s amazing to see how much more interesting and thoughtful your channel has become. I look forward to every new quality video
Your style of narration and editing for these deep art subjects are excellent. You never fail to engage me. When you described Pollock’s last two paintings depicting “rage,” it shook me. I’m so thankful for your channel. I love art history but have always felt it’s a hard subject to speak about with those who haven’t studied art in some way. Your videos have provided me a way to show people how art history can be interesting and personable. Your balance of narration and commentary are perfect to keep people engaged. Thank you so much for your work.
When we had Hundertwasser in school I thought “this sucks every 4y old could do that” but now when some one critics some abstract art I always think of Todd from bojack horsemen who says in one of the last episodes something like “but isn’t art less about what people put into it but what they get out of it”
That pretty succinctly describes the difference between modernist views of art and postmodernist views of art: modernists think art is made good by the effort put into it postodernists think art is made good by the reaction it gets
@@theonlybilge to me, art and artists are "good" when they are able to effectively control the viewers emotions. Art where the artists inent is to impress with technical skill is good when the art shows that technical skill, and bad when it does not. However, that is not the only intent an artist can have. Perhaps an artist wants to anger the viewer (such as protest art), or disgust them (like the famous urinal), or even bore them (like generic hotel room art). It doesnt matter the level of technical skill behind the art, if it achieves its goals well, it's good at being art and the artist is good at making it. However, I feel a lot of people fall into the trap of equating time and effort spent with quality. I can spend hours and hours drawing a stick figure, but that doesnt make it good art. For all its achievements in technical skill, the mona lisa is not really a very compelling painting. The subject matter is banal and lacks a lot of the experimentation and creativity da vinci showed in his other works. Theres a reason that Munch's The Scream is up there with it in terms of the world's most recognizable paintings, despite being objectively less technically skilled. The other trap I see people falling into is the idea that good art is beautiful, and the more beautiful it is, the better it is. But this doesnt make a lot of sense. Is there no room for art that expresses pain or fear or anger or any of the other negative emotions? Can art that depicts vulgar topics not be as "good" as pretty pictures of saints or flowery meadows? Really though, I feel a lot of people are vexed by the idea that someone else is getting credit for something they think they could do easily, and really there isnt much consideration towards the actual meaning behind the idea of "good art". But I think art is about what people get out of it, not what gets put into it. And always remember other people may like things you don't, and your opinion doesn't define something's worth.
I'm a total art noob but seeing The Deep for the first time gave me goosebumps. Thank you for making a video on this, this was one of the cooler videos I've seen in a while
This video explained Pollock much better than all other "professional" videos on TH-cam. The biggest disservice those videos made is that they never discussed his other non drip paintings.
In my years studying art, whenever Pollock appeared, nor the teachers nor the books ever past the regular drip paintings. I'm so glad I got to see more of his works, with different techniques and materials, shown in an interesting video. Great work as usual, Solar Sands!
A lot of abstract or even AI generated artwork tends to have an effect on certain people that causes them to search inwards towards their own accomplishments. Often times this self reflection stirs frustrations that the person refuses or chooses to ignore through an outburst before walking away from the work convincing the self that it didn't make them feel anything at all.
I really like ‘The deep’ too. It looks so organic to me and although it is very abstract it also has a more representational quality to it. As you said in the video the rift has “sinews” and tendrils which are decidedly organic and natural looking. It still looks very realistic despite still being an abstract painting and like it’s name it has depth and dimension, unlike Pollock’s other paintings.
Man, when Solar Sands talks about paintings he loves, it just makes makes me so happy! Solar Sands describing "The Deep" is just like the purest expression of passion and makes my heart smile.
the deep looks like a dream where you just sink in and get trapped slowly without being able to move but you still want to be in the hole. Feels like i'm describing the enigma of the Amigara fault...
I personally can't really enjoy non figurative art, so im glad you gave your point of view, so I can understand more about it and get to learn more about it
His paintings remind me of looking into the sky, or staring at a stucco roof, trying to find images in the clouds or meaning in the meaningless random marks of paint. you can see detached faces and objects only formed via your own imagination also...he got the most drip outta any artist ive seen B)
The entire video I as an artist made sense of a lot of things. Understood the paintings on a level of artistic speach... but "the deep." That one hit me hard, I absolutely love it. It's one of the most inspiring peices of art I've seen, is this how painting collectors feel???? Something absolutely changed in me seeing that.
I didn't understand Pollock at all until I saw The Deep in person, and now everytime I see an image of it I swear the middle was larger than it looks like. Such an intense work
I recently watched Artist History School's video on Jackson Pollock and he showed a bunch of his non drip paintings and I was 'dang I wish had no information on this period..' thanks.
Idk, Kim jung gi does some commercial art for different people, and they came out amazing. I’m pretty sure he made a League of Legends mural of some sort
This is quality content. I signed up for laughs from DA but I have never expected that this channel will be so meaningful and educational. Great work and development Solar Sands!
TBH, I subscribed solely for these types of videos. I love the art history/critique from a veiwpoint that doesn't talk down to the audience, but also understands a lot of people are not in the art community and still have a love and appreciation for it.
i’m so glad you’re making the content you are now. you’re probably one of my favourite youtubers, and the content you make now is always so intriguing. even if i wasn’t that interested in a topic before watching one of your videos, i become interested in it while and after watching it.
honestly imo i think some of his non drip paintings show way more his techological artistic ability, the volume and shading was amazing, but then he started going into abstractions, and it stopped showing his true abilities not that it was bad, but its not the same level then his drip paintings pratically stopped showing these habilities i dont think they are bad per se, they are really good for stuff like hanging in your living room and such, but they dont show how much he really can do
ha, your comment reminded me what Pollock's 'work' looks like, some frustrated emotionally distraught child scribbing over, say a newspaper photograph. A while ago a graduate student scanned Pollock's work. Then with computer software eliminated each layer of paint, top to bottom, step by step until at the bottom was a representational image. Pollock's psychologist basically said the same. He starts with an image then props it up with random 'scaffolding'. Whelter its to hide, mar, or prop up something, don't know. But, something irritated him.
'The Deep' provokes me in so many ways. Beyond the visual rip, the colour alone is unsettlingly beautiful. Viewing it in 2024, my brain can't help but register the colours as having been inverted in a photo editing program. It feels so directly false - like he chose the exact opposite of natural, earthy tones. I had to experiment in a photo editor, and sure enough, it looks, for lack of a better word, 'normal' when the colours are inverted. Even in his action technique, Pollock was a master of colour composition.
Imo, Pollock's popular drip paintings would look nice on a shirt or blanket but I wouldn't hang one in my home. I like the ones that have less things going on and less subjects more.
Pollock painting is like Badminton outdoor in windy sunny day. Such sheer intuitive fun where you don't have to worry about your skill. The wind got you covered.
It's nice to see solar sands talking about things he's passionate about.
right? its also nice as background noise even though the contents of the video are about art lmao
@@sydneyjavier6659 it's good to put in the backround while I'm drawing atleast for me
Exactly
u mean art? Cause that's kindof a theme through out his channel
@@beautifulcarpetdiagram yeah but he doesnt look at funny stuff anymore because deviantart is dying
(thats my theory at least)
and i was about to congratulate you for not making a drip joke.. XD
I'm sorry to bother you with something unrelated
But 2:58 totally looks like an abstracted sombra right?
Sawtooth? Lmao did not expect to see you as the top comment
@@melodysketchdraws robucc
so close
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its weird to think that solar sands used to roast weird deviantart drawings and is now exploring different forms of artwork
interesting
I really like it! I feel like I’ve grown up alongside it, and these newer videos reflect my interests now
@@Pehmokettu yeah, all i get on that website is just random accounts sending notes of... not so savory things
Concrete and roses, y’know
oh come on
what the fuck
When the painting doesn't have drip :(
the universe aligned for this joke
HELP MY!!! My muscles are too big! I am a big tall man and my muscles are even BIGGER! I use them to get views but they HURT so much!!! Because they are heavy. Do you have any advice, dear yan
@@AxxLAfriku hey axxl
When the Gucci Among us imposter doesn't have dri-
@@AxxLAfriku hey axxl
"I am nature" is a pretty badass way to respond to anything.
And also the truth.
@@luiscuixara4622 pretentious.
@@Kulodemandril ...ok?
@@Kulodemandril technically true
@@Kulodemandril Everything is nature, including us and everything we create and think. To have the audacity and arrogance to claim one is not nature is pretentious.
"Not a single one sold"
Man, that really bums me out. That must have been hard to take.
I don't think it was hard to take for Pollock. He was already a very succesful and wealthy artist back then making art mostly for himself, not for people to enjoy or buy it I guess.
@@BeatriceLeFleur yeah... but the rejection can still hurt
They were really beautiful. It's a shame they didn't sell.
im gonna be honest im kinda glad no one bought them i was relieved when he said that
@@BeatriceLeFleur Contrary to popular rumor, Pollock was not actually very rich. Although he was probably the most famous painter in America, his work did not sell very well. It was too advanced for most collectors. (De Kooning, on the other hand, sold very well). In fact, Pollock was so broke that he often had to trade paintings for groceries at his local store. The store owner later sold it after Pollock died and it is now in the Pompidou.
His work can be defined as bold and brash
Is Squidward Really a Good Artist?
@@crittr robucc
more like belongs in the trash!
Bold and trash. Being brave isnt artistic
But certainly not belongs in the trash
Finally someone who doesn’t just take a position concerning Pollock’s art. He doesn’t say that he hates or likes it but explains it the way it is. Art is to be interpreted but I also like to hear a uninterpreted an objective view on art every once in a while.
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@@lillasagna5487 hahaha, yeah I know, but it is later in the video. I just like that he starts of objective..
In what way is a single line of this video "objective". Just because something doesn't make a firm contention doesn't make it "objective"
@@jadefae It’s objective because Solar Sands doesn’t directly choose a side of the argument; the only purpose of this video is to educate people on Jackson Pollock’s other works that don’t involve his usual “splatter” technique. Sure, he gives opinions on how he feels about each artwork, but he doesn’t fully lean into one side or the other. He just states it how it is and lets the viewer make their own opinion on it.
ayee
neither a genius nor a fraud. just an artist who liked to experiment with how he conveys emotions
This actually made me respect Jackson Pollock way more as an artist
Same
Yeah, Knowing that he actually evolved and tried new things is very eye opening. It’s sad that art history has only deemed a very small portion of his work, worth talking about.
This specially makes me like him much more, some of his other work reminds me of SAURA, an artist I really like.
Me too, and honestly, I really fell in love with a few of his non-drip pieces here. To be honest, I never knew he did anything besides the drip paintings, so I'm excited to learn about this.
Agreed.
It's fairly obvious that it's money laundering imo
I never really hated Pollock, but I do hate the art world/art gallery culture. They seem to like to push this whole elitist idea that anyone who doesn't get any sort of emotional response from looking at extremely abstract paintings to be like unrefined peasantry. Of course alienating people like this is only making them more and more irrelevant. When others say that people like Pollock are killing art, the only thing being killed is the art world. And personally I think that's a good thing. Art is certainly not dying, art is everywhere, just no longer in exclusive galleries for exclusive audiences. There's never been a better time for art, seeing as it's democratized and easily spread across the world via the internet.
Yes! Some claim that it's especially difficult to be recognized as an artist today because art is so abundant on the internet. But I think this is a misenterpretation: art has always been abundant. It's just that instead of galleries gatekeeping what is and isn't art, and deciding what should be seen by the masses, now everyone can share their work on platforms where it can (possibly) be seen by practically everyone. The internet has democratized art, and the more pretentios parts of the art "elite" have lost some of their power.
couldnt have said it better myself, i really like looking at concept art for video games, like something Alex Ries makes, something like that would never be in a gallery but is the most beautiful form of art for me.
I agree with every word uttered.
Yeah, I like the ethos of the abstract expressionists specifically because it was anti establishment. It was a complete denial of every preconceived expectation in order to free artists and allow them to express themselves in the way they saw fit. Turning these into luxury investments and creating this elitist aura around them seems like a betrayal of the ideas that brought them into being on the first place.
Pollock disowned that world too. Which was the catalyst for his breakthrough. To do something so new the critiques didn't have a hate to stand on.
imagine being in a pre-DRIP🥶💧 ERA
SHEEEEEEESH
Jackson Pollock can't have drip
@@medium.kahuna he invented drip doee
Sheeeeeeesh
I've literally never seen that first emoji before, what the fuck
It's really fucked up that artists are so often reduced to just a few years of their life. I'm guilty of it of doing it, most people are, and it's a bullshit perspective to take. Thank you for giving us a glimpse into his work and life.
Yeaah beacuse of that, a lot of people bashing him for his small perriod of works
I hate how certain artists are only remembered for a micro work that isn't up to its full potential.
Here before he deletes the video and reuploads it later because he forgot to fix something
@@sheppee5608 bro
@@meeky. no fr im tired if colored people invading youtube
@@sheppee5608 what
@@zxyAprte124 what do u mean "what"? Learn to read
@@sheppee5608 what does that have to do with my comment lmao
I visit the MoMA sometimes, and I admit observing these paintings irl feels a lot more evocative and intimate in a conflicting way.
robucc
It's the size
@@nicolasbarbosa8270 definitely
This guy's taught me more about artists than my art class ever did not gonna lie.
Maybe you should pay attention then.
@@yakub3962 maybe the teacher should have taught it in an interesting way where I would want to pay attention then
@@yakub3962 Not all art teachers teach about artists... Some of them only make you do design chores for some school events or school decoration, some others only give you creativity and painting exercises. Don't just assume all teachers teach the same. Like, there are physics and math teachers who just eat and read a newspaper during every lesson, while the students have to basically teach themselves with their textbooks. Or a history teacher who instead of teaching history give the students summarize a chapter of the history book as homework after each lesson, making the students tell him about history each lesson while he's just eating. Also, some teachers really make paying attention hard when they digress and get side-tracked by unimportant anecdotes of their own life that have nothing to do with the what we're learning...
I had teachers who taught their subject in a boring, uninteresting and draining way, but at the very least they were teaching it.
@@einekartoffel2490 So... public school? I know when I see a comrade.
Yep, in my art classes they told me "Abstract art" is a thing. Now i know is just pretentious bullshit
Imagine a Pollock who lived to see the 60s... something tells me lsd would've gotten through his artist's block lol
Wow. I actually developed a appreciation for Pollock for "The Deep." It's such a simple idea done with a hauntingly sharp execution. I don't know why it's not held as a masterpiece for the almost existential qualities it has (well, for me it does).
Great video as usual Solar.
I have to agree.
While I usually don't take Pollock that seriously, The Deep demonstrates a very clever and ellaborate technique.
I would assume it is held as a masterpiece. It certainly is a masterpiece, as most if not all of his paintings are
Solar Sands is the only TH-cam I ALWAYS click on immediatley
Same
same
Absolutely
Me too, I know I’m in for good content
Ahh yes.My favourite TH-cam,solar sands.
Woah his early paintings are actually super up my alley, absolutely amazing. Goes to follow with his brother’s early work. As it goes more abstract it is also amazing however later on the pieces become too... just eh to me
As much as i dislike his drip paintings, simply for the discourse and debate they created they have worth and clear importance in art and so are the people liking his paintings.
Also deep is a gorgeous piece for sure
Critic: "Art should push boundaries!"
Artist: **Pushes boundaries**
Critic: "YOU HAVE COMMITED ART SIN!!"
*People:* “We want more than dripping paintings.”
*Jack:* _”Ok.”_
*People:* “Never mind, that drip looks nice.”
*Jack:* 😐
_well at least I am earning money._
Drippin too hard D:
Billie Elish and her fanbase when it comes to her clothing.
@DONT stop
@DONT
ok i wont
@DONT how original
to be honest, drip or not, i really like his work. theyre fun to look at
they drippin'
@@renanmendes1299 yessir
thats all that matters!
Lol yea this. I’ve always been a “modern art is dumb” guy but watching this sorta changed my attitude atleast towards pollock. I know next to nothing about art so I can’t explain it but I actually thought a lot of the drip paintings were really nice.
I totally agree. I understand that its not too hard to make, but its just purely fun to look at and thats ok. And it isnt his fault that his art became so expensive, which is purely the "fault" of the art industry, and next time I see someone say "they are just meant for money laundering" I want concrete evidence, and then I will change my mind
I could listen to this guy for hours on end
Leave it to Solar Sands to inform us on all the types of art
Your videos are easy to understand, entertaining, very well edited, prompt me to research further, and the most important quality is how relaxing they are! I usually watch your videos to fall asleep, or I listen to them while I draw. This one was especially intriguing. 💓💓💓
Seeing Solar Sands talk about things he is passionate about gives me proud dad vibes. I'm so happy for him
damn I wanna see his dripping paintings 🥶🥶🥶
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Judging pollock’s drip paintings by looking at tiny JPEGs of them is like judging Mozart by listening to it through a tinny 1950s radio in the next room
Same with Mark Rothko, shame too because the only time I've every seen one of his paintings was with shitty lighting. Rothko paintings are a real "mood".
sound like an excuse “noo you cant judge it from a picture!! youd have to be there to truly understand him...” like we are seeing the same painting dude
@@mejorge420 A painting on canvas is a physical object, often tens of feet wide and tall, and the layers of paint have varying depth and opacity and texture. Not to mention the fact that displays can only recreate a fairly small range of colors compared to what your eye can actually see. In contrast, what you get on a computer screen is a few inches across and usually lossily compressed, smearing out detail even beyond the natural noisiness of the camera. The metaphor may or may not be a bit exaggerated, but it's not devoid of substance.
@@mejorge420 by your logic, watching a film on a smart watch is the same as an IMAX theater
Yeah but judging his paintings by looking at scaleable JPEGs of high quality is more like judging Mozart by listening to it through a decent stereo system - aka pretty fucking close to the original feeling and if it wasnt for this way of looking at it we all wouldnt be looking at it at all (at least most of us)
No way!! I found “the deep” a couple months ago, easily one of my favorite paintings of all time. 👏🏼 It’s so captivating
Great vid as usual 😎
I both hate and love that Solar Sands is slowly but surely making me, and probably a lot of people, develop an actual artistic taste and knowledge. Good job, man.
Yeah, me too. But then I read the comments and want to burn an art gallery down just to spite the cunts.
My life would be very different!
It's simple: I see a Solar Sands video pop up, I instaclick that shit.
Same. They’re always so interesting and well made. :)
don’t we all
@B00B13_B1RD YEP SAME
I cannot be more great full that you switched from Deviant Art reviews to literally anything other than Deviant Art reviews
I followed you since the days of critiquing deviant art drawings and until now. It’s amazing to see how much more interesting and thoughtful your channel has become. I look forward to every new quality video
Finally he's back, back again.
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I've never seen "The Deep" before. It instantly became my favorite of his paintings when it popped up. It is so intense but also very quiet.
*Adds Non-Drip Painting to his category collection*
This reminds me so much about the saying: "You have to know the rules before you break them."
Your style of narration and editing for these deep art subjects are excellent. You never fail to engage me. When you described Pollock’s last two paintings depicting “rage,” it shook me.
I’m so thankful for your channel. I love art history but have always felt it’s a hard subject to speak about with those who haven’t studied art in some way. Your videos have provided me a way to show people how art history can be interesting and personable. Your balance of narration and commentary are perfect to keep people engaged. Thank you so much for your work.
When we had Hundertwasser in school I thought “this sucks every 4y old could do that” but now when some one critics some abstract art I always think of Todd from bojack horsemen who says in one of the last episodes something like “but isn’t art less about what people put into it but what they get out of it”
That pretty succinctly describes the difference between modernist views of art and postmodernist views of art:
modernists think art is made good by the effort put into it
postodernists think art is made good by the reaction it gets
@@NixodCreations
What if art is actually made good by how good it is?
Besides, even if "anyone" could do it, Pollock was the first who actually did.
@@theonlybilge to me, art and artists are "good" when they are able to effectively control the viewers emotions. Art where the artists inent is to impress with technical skill is good when the art shows that technical skill, and bad when it does not. However, that is not the only intent an artist can have. Perhaps an artist wants to anger the viewer (such as protest art), or disgust them (like the famous urinal), or even bore them (like generic hotel room art). It doesnt matter the level of technical skill behind the art, if it achieves its goals well, it's good at being art and the artist is good at making it.
However, I feel a lot of people fall into the trap of equating time and effort spent with quality. I can spend hours and hours drawing a stick figure, but that doesnt make it good art. For all its achievements in technical skill, the mona lisa is not really a very compelling painting. The subject matter is banal and lacks a lot of the experimentation and creativity da vinci showed in his other works. Theres a reason that Munch's The Scream is up there with it in terms of the world's most recognizable paintings, despite being objectively less technically skilled.
The other trap I see people falling into is the idea that good art is beautiful, and the more beautiful it is, the better it is. But this doesnt make a lot of sense. Is there no room for art that expresses pain or fear or anger or any of the other negative emotions? Can art that depicts vulgar topics not be as "good" as pretty pictures of saints or flowery meadows?
Really though, I feel a lot of people are vexed by the idea that someone else is getting credit for something they think they could do easily, and really there isnt much consideration towards the actual meaning behind the idea of "good art". But I think art is about what people get out of it, not what gets put into it.
And always remember other people may like things you don't, and your opinion doesn't define something's worth.
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My opinion actually does define something's worth, because my opinion is better.
I'm a total art noob but seeing The Deep for the first time gave me goosebumps. Thank you for making a video on this, this was one of the cooler videos I've seen in a while
This video explained Pollock much better than all other "professional" videos on TH-cam. The biggest disservice those videos made is that they never discussed his other non drip paintings.
In my years studying art, whenever Pollock appeared, nor the teachers nor the books ever past the regular drip paintings. I'm so glad I got to see more of his works, with different techniques and materials, shown in an interesting video.
Great work as usual, Solar Sands!
A lot of abstract or even AI generated artwork tends to have an effect on certain people that causes them to search inwards towards their own accomplishments. Often times this self reflection stirs frustrations that the person refuses or chooses to ignore through an outburst before walking away from the work convincing the self that it didn't make them feel anything at all.
I really like ‘The deep’ too. It looks so organic to me and although it is very abstract it also has a more representational quality to it. As you said in the video the rift has “sinews” and tendrils which are decidedly organic and natural looking. It still looks very realistic despite still being an abstract painting and like it’s name it has depth and dimension, unlike Pollock’s other paintings.
Don’t think that ending slid past me 💧
I knew it had to be coming, and yet, it still got me
iiiiiiicee, i wanna see that drip 🥶🥶🥶
Man, when Solar Sands talks about paintings he loves, it just makes makes me so happy! Solar Sands describing "The Deep" is just like the purest expression of passion and makes my heart smile.
Jackson Pollock is one of my personal hero’s regardless of how controversial his works are
why
@@danielsteger8456 I think his art can convey a lot of depth and emotion, also his life story is interesting
He’s cool because he had the nickname jack the dripper
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bcs he drip
"The deep" I find the most inspiring painting by him and it's probably the one that also shows most of his inner conflicts and struggels.
the deep looks like a dream where you just sink in and get trapped slowly without being able to move but you still want to be in the hole. Feels like i'm describing the enigma of the Amigara fault...
Yooo I'm so happy to see you make a video on the guy, time for lunch
Enjoy your lunch
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Bon appetit!
I personally can't really enjoy non figurative art, so im glad you gave your point of view, so I can understand more about it and get to learn more about it
I adore Jackson Pollock. I absolutely adore his work. Seeing someone highlight his other works is incredibly refreshing. Thank you.
the "portrait and dream" is now probably my favorite painting i think
Before this video i thought of him as a joke. Now i see the value in his paintings.
His paintings remind me of looking into the sky, or staring at a stucco roof, trying to find images in the clouds or meaning in the meaningless random marks of paint. you can see detached faces and objects only formed via your own imagination
also...he got the most drip outta any artist ive seen B)
Damn, i never knew he could predict Giygas.
He truly was ahead of his time.
The entire video I as an artist made sense of a lot of things. Understood the paintings on a level of artistic speach... but "the deep." That one hit me hard, I absolutely love it. It's one of the most inspiring peices of art I've seen, is this how painting collectors feel???? Something absolutely changed in me seeing that.
I didn't understand Pollock at all until I saw The Deep in person, and now everytime I see an image of it I swear the middle was larger than it looks like. Such an intense work
Thank you for talking about these! Not enough people know about them.
Some of Pollocks pre-drip works reminds me of the artwork for various radiohead albums
The focus you give to the more obscure aspects of well known artistd is excellently portrayed. Well done once again
Those are some drippy paintings my G! 💯🔥
I an not a fan of his work but this video is the first thing that has ever made me interested in his work. Thank you.
this goes out just when i finished my college exam on abstract art including pollock!
Excellent naration! Enjoyed your perspective. Pollock is tough. I know there's more there than I could perceive. You're helping. Thank you.
You can say what ever you want about Jackson Poloko but you can't deny he is the artist with the most Drip
Your videos are getting better by every upload. Keep doing what you do, I appreciate it immensely.
I recently watched Artist History School's video on Jackson Pollock and he showed a bunch of his non drip paintings and I was 'dang I wish had no information on this period..' thanks.
Nothing quite astounded me as much as “The Deep” I was suddenly glued to my screen the moment you showed that painting. I love it
So excited to watch this video you always make great high quality content
Beautiful video. Your knowledge and intuition of the art and the arts world is very admirable. Keep doing what you love.
I like the early work of Jackson pollock more than his drip painting
he got tha drip doe
And thats a fine opinion to have
Your videos have really become a thing of beauty and excitement! Please keep on doing what you do
Jackson pollic: the exact opposite of corporate art
No, he's the opposite of commercial art--where you have to make art people would actually buy
Not talk bullshit to recover a worthless painting
Idk, Kim jung gi does some commercial art for different people, and they came out amazing. I’m pretty sure he made a League of Legends mural of some sort
@@spoonerismstuff You right, i guess it depends
Great Video. I love Jackson Polloicks work. It was so refreshing to see something like his work while i studied art!!
The virgin "I am inevitable"
The chad: I am nature.
I love how you word your analysis on paintings, very descriptive and genuine! Well done again
This opened my mind a little bit more
I deeply respect that you present the art in your videos with little personal opinion - and the little you do is in deep admiration or praise
His paintings are just standing there,
*M E N A C I N G L Y*
This is quality content. I signed up for laughs from DA but I have never expected that this channel will be so meaningful and educational. Great work and development Solar Sands!
I’ve been on the internet too long. I thought non-drip in the title was suppose to be a roast for a second
TBH, I subscribed solely for these types of videos. I love the art history/critique from a veiwpoint that doesn't talk down to the audience, but also understands a lot of people are not in the art community and still have a love and appreciation for it.
His paintings got the D R I P
i’m so glad you’re making the content you are now. you’re probably one of my favourite youtubers, and the content you make now is always so intriguing. even if i wasn’t that interested in a topic before watching one of your videos, i become interested in it while and after watching it.
I see a new video, I click
This inspired me, gonna paint something new this week.
Thank you very much for making this video
honestly imo i think some of his non drip paintings show way more his techological artistic ability, the volume and shading was amazing, but then he started going into abstractions, and it stopped showing his true abilities
not that it was bad, but its not the same level
then his drip paintings pratically stopped showing these habilities
i dont think they are bad per se, they are really good for stuff like hanging in your living room and such, but they dont show how much he really can do
But hey, its clear that he really wanted to do them. He clearly wasn't an incompetent purely abstract artist, his moves were intentional
Who would hand them in the living room?
Living room art is supposed to be pleasing to the eye and inoffensive to guests.
@@thepinkestpigglet7529 if you like having a boring living room perhaps :P
I really love your recent videos, keep the amazing content coming!
Whenever someone says "Anyone could do it", there's any easy response
"Okay then... why *didn't* you"
Paint & canvas are too expensive to artistically vomit on. Wasting money to make a "statement" or get cheap reactions is disgusting.
i absolutely adore how your channel has evolved. entertaining then, entertaining and educational now. fantastic!!
Jackson Pollock was the FOUNDER of DRIP! SHEEEEEEEESSSSSH~
_The deep_ looks like it has an eye in it. That's unsettling!
8:29 when u accidentally draw something resembling a swastika, and need to cover it up with all kind of squares
ha, your comment reminded me what Pollock's 'work' looks like, some frustrated emotionally distraught child scribbing over, say a newspaper photograph.
A while ago a graduate student scanned Pollock's work. Then with computer software eliminated each layer of paint, top to bottom, step by step until at the bottom was a representational image.
Pollock's psychologist basically said the same. He starts with an image then props it up with random 'scaffolding'. Whelter its to hide, mar, or prop up something, don't know.
But, something irritated him.
'The Deep' provokes me in so many ways. Beyond the visual rip, the colour alone is unsettlingly beautiful. Viewing it in 2024, my brain can't help but register the colours as having been inverted in a photo editing program. It feels so directly false - like he chose the exact opposite of natural, earthy tones. I had to experiment in a photo editor, and sure enough, it looks, for lack of a better word, 'normal' when the colours are inverted. Even in his action technique, Pollock was a master of colour composition.
Imo, Pollock's popular drip paintings would look nice on a shirt or blanket but I wouldn't hang one in my home. I like the ones that have less things going on and less subjects more.
Pollock painting is like Badminton outdoor in windy sunny day. Such sheer intuitive fun where you don't have to worry about your skill. The wind got you covered.