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australian formal poetry, Blue Poles, drip painting, Formal poetry, Jackson Pollock, Jackson Pollock painting number 11, poem, poetry
Australian newspaper headline 1973. Blue Poles (originally titled number 11) by Jackson Pollock was
purchased by The Australian National Art Gallery for a then world record price of 1.3 million Australian dollars.
When Jack painted the poles of blue
I doubt he really had a clue,
For with his stick, the paint he dipped,
Then on a sheet of canvas dripped
It here and there in swirls and blobs
That all of the postmodern snobs
Now tell us is a masterpiece,
And would we Philistines please cease
Our criticism of his work:
โThat Jack was just a drunken jerk
Who with some paint (and broken glass)
While on the turps, dribbled a farce.โ
ironically it has turned out to be a great investment worth today an estimated 200 million – funny world
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