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Brown University: Scientists Reveal Physics of Jackson Pollock's Painting Technique
October 31, 2019
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 31 [TNSscientificresearch-PLOS ONE] -- Brown University issued the following news release:

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- A study finds that Pollock's "drip" technique was geared to avoid a classic fluid mechanical instability, whether he was aware of it or not.

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The celebrated painter Jackson Pollock created his most iconic works not with a brush, but by pouring paint onto the canvas from above, weaving sinuous fila . . .

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