Who The #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?

September 21st, 2007 admin Posted in Art, Film |

Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock? is a movie that documents a truck driver who buys a $5 painting in a thrift store and later learns it may be a Pollock. She sets out on a mission to prove that it is indeed a Pollock. Forensic science makes a strong case that it indeed a Pollock. But experts in the art world refuse to accept it.

The movie presents an interesting point of view of the elite art world. And it is worth watching just to see Thomas Hoving, as art expert who has a very high opinion of his own opinion, very high.

Click here to see the IMDb page on the movie.

Click here to the forensic scientist’s report on the painting.