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One of the contributors on the World
Artist Network's Community Pollock-style Painting, created Saturday
by visitors to the Bridgeport Arts Fest.
Photograph by Brandon T. Bisceglia.
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Passersby splattered and
dripped reds, yellows, blues and blacks onto a canvas laid out on
State Street beside McLevy Green in Bridgeport Saturday afternoon. With each new
flick of the wrist, the Jackson Pollock-style painting took on
greater dimension.
The collaborators on this masterpiece,
however, were not professional artists. They were visitors to the
World Artist Network's booth at the Bridgeport Arts Fest.
The community painting project was the
brainchild of WAN Director Valeria Garrido, who said she wanted a
unique way to celebrate the centennial of the famous painter's birth
in 1912.
Pollock was a pioneer of abstract
expressionism in the middle of the twentieth century, and is best
known for the seemingly paint-splashed pieces created during his
“drip period.”
“People forget that Pollock was
revolutionary in the 40's and 50's, including by making New York
City, rather than Paris, the center of the art world,” said
Garrido.
After adding their marks, those who
contributed to the community painting were encouraged to add their
names to a list of participants. Garrido said the list would be used
to give credit to all the artists involved in the painting's
creation.
WAN plans to show the painting, along
with the contributors' credits, during the Bridgeport Art Trail in November. It may also be put out at other upcoming
events.
WAN participated in the Bridgeport Arts
Fest for the second year in a row, providing arts activities for
children and adults as part of its “Artist for a Day” series of
events. Also displayed were pieces of art for sale from around the
world created by artists who are members of the nonprofit.
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WAN's canopies along State Street.
Photograph by Brandon T. Bisceglia.
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