Crawly Creatures typography Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock

doch die anderen Tiere haben scheinbar entsetzlich Wichtiges zu tun: Der Fuchs muss dringend eine Mülltonne durchwühlen

The publication accompanies a major international survey of the artist’s work at Whitechapel Gallery

and the conviction with which he discussed the subjects that mattered most to him

and politics from artistic

Crawly Creatures typography Jackson PollockCrawly creatures are small, itchy critters, spiders, lizards, toads, and of course insects. For a long time, these animals have suffered from a negative image; in the Middle Ages they were mainly associated with death and the devil. In the 16th and 17th centuries, this changed and they became the centre of attention. People started to appreciate their beauty; so they appeared in artworks, became the subject of scholarly treatises, and were popular