Work:

Blue Poles, also known as Number 11, is an art piece created by Pollock near the end of his career. At this point in his life, he was beginning to look deeper into his artwork and was in the midst of heavy alcoholism. I chose this piece because it signals to me the change in Pollock from his very popular work of drip-style paintings to the unpopular black pourings he created at the end of his life. 

Blue Poles was created in the drip-style that Pollock is famous for along with the use of footprints and shards of glass. He used the same style that focused on the entire canvas rather than showing a subject, however the piece is held together by the use of long navy blue lines that run vertically throughout the piece. Unlike earlier works, Pollock uses darker and duller colors than his other works which use more vibrant colors.