Fred Pollack’s paintings are generally the result of an intuitive painting process of formation and destruction. He incorporates geometric and anthropomorphic forms as well as abstract and figurative elements into compositions that subordinate the colors black, gray, and white. The edges of shapes and surfaces are often cut off, giving the impression that his works are part of a larger cosmic system. Pollack’s paintings find visual meaning in jarring combinations of unequal size, sometimes appearing abstract and sometimes suggesting representation. Although formally associated with postwar abstract art and neo-figurative art, his work appears to draw on the Surrealist tradition in its strange play with darkness and dreams. Pollack rarely gives titles to his paintings so as not to influence the viewer. u201cI want the viewer to feel the same freedom when exploring composition as I do when I paint,u201d he explains.
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