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WINTER 2020
THE FOUR ARTS HOSTS FIRST POLLOCK BROTHERS EXHIBITION The Society of the Four Arts’ winter art exhibition, Charles and Jackson Pollock, brings together, for the first time, art by two brothers: Jackson Pollock (19121956), the most famous and arguably the most important American painter of the 20th century, and Charles (19021988), his eldest brother, whose career and reputation are less well-known. The exhibition is co-curated by Four Arts President & CEO Philip Rylands and Otto Hübner, and underwritten by members of the exhibition’s eponymous Leadership Committee (please see Page 21 for more details). Jackson Pollock’s career has been welldocumented, including a 2001 movie biography starring Ed Harris. His gestural drip painting became the prototype of what Harold Rosenberg would call “Action Painting” and the hallmark of Abstract Expressionism, the first American avantgarde of international influence. This exhibition features around 20 works of Jackson Pollock, revealing a side of the artist little known to the general public through paintings, drawings, his sole -Continued on Page 4
Jackson, left, and Charles Pollock photographed in New York in 1930. © The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York.
Charles and Jackson Pollock ON DISPLAY Saturday, January 30 through Sunday, March 28 Main, North, and South Galleries Esther B. O’Keeffe Building, 102 Four Arts Plaza DAYS AND TIMES Monday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - open to Four Arts members only: 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 to 5 p.m. TICKETS $10; no charge for Four Arts members Reserve tickets through The Four Arts app, by clicking on www.fourarts.org, by calling (561) 655-7226, or visiting the Four Arts Box Office