J. P. - FULL FATHOM FIVE - 1947 - Abstract - Canvas Print

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------J. P. (American, 1912-1956) - Full Fathom Five - 1947 - Action painting - Abstractionism - Oil on canvas with nails, tacks, coins, cigarettes, etc. - 𝑯𝒊-𝑹𝒆𝒔 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 ------------------------------------------𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟕, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝑱. 𝑷. 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒕-𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎. 𝑬𝒙𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒊𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔, 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔, 𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒌𝒆𝒚, 𝒄𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒔, 𝒄𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒅𝒅 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑰𝒏 "𝑭𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒎 𝑭𝒊𝒗𝒆," 𝑱. 𝑷. 𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔, 𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔, 𝒄𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒑𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆, 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒚𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕'𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆, "𝑭𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒎 𝑭𝒊𝒗𝒆," 𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚, 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔, 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚, 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅. 𝑨𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑱. 𝑷.'𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔, "𝑭𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒎 𝑭𝒊𝒗𝒆" 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒚𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒔, 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒚𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒉. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝑱. 𝑷.'𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌, 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆. "𝑭𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒎 𝑭𝒊𝒗𝒆" 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔, 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏.