The provocation of Pollock’s work was so accessible, so instantly recognizable, that it’s easy to forget why the drip paintings weren’t just controversial but a referendum on the state of art, the nation, and the modern soul. Interpretations ran the gamut.
“The Deep” I instinctively like …
Unlike Pollock, who tended to settle into a style, Krasner stayed restless.
After all, they were painters in love. They poured themselves into each other, and the show makes it impossible to think of them apart.