Splatter Paint Science: Jackson Pollock and Fluid Dynamics
T his article was adapted for middle school students from an original article called “The Cutting Edge Physics of Jackson Pollock” by Lisa Grossman (Wired Magazine. July 2011). You can read the original article here: https://www.wired.com/2011/07/pollock-physics/ For more about Jackson Pollock take a look at the Khan Academy Video: "Why is That Important: Looking at Jackson Pollock. " Untitled. 1948-1949. Jackson Pollock. Drip Paintings Jackson Pollock was an artist who was famous for his drip paintings. Scientists now think that he was using art to explore an area of science called fluid dynamics years before scientists even thought to study it. "His particular painting technique essentially lets physics be a player in the creative process," said physicist Andrzej Herczynski of Boston College, coauthor of a new paper in Physics Today that analyzes the physics in Pollock's art. "To the degree that he lets physics take a role in the paint