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Originally Posted by ploesj
people often look at early abstract or expressionist work saying 'oh my kid could have done that' and it's quite wrong, maybe your kid could do that, but at the time those pieces were made AND EXHIBITED AS ART, it was a revelation. we are now used to seeing stuff that is not necessarily about craftmanship, but you need some kind of drive to be the first one to put a canvas flat on the ground and drip over it, like pollock did (he completely turned the normal way of painting: vertical, with control over the brugh strokes)
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You go inside anyone's house where you live, ploesj, and you'll discover they own nothing by Pollock, or any abstract or expressionist work. It'll be more the art that appeals, is familiar, and is the least pretentious. The average person has never fallen for all that pseud hyperbole that only ever convinces imbecilic poseurs with more money than sense.