ABOUT THE WORK

A staple of contemporary pop art and streetwear culture, the iconic collectible toy line Be@rbrick has been highly sought-after ever since its introduction in the early 2000s. Designed and produced by the Japanese company MediCom Toy Incorporated, Be@rbrick’s success is often attributed to its unique and fun designs and collaborations often sourced from other talented brands and designers. Be@rbick has been remade and redesigned by brands such as Chanel, Hermes, Bape and Comme Des Garçons as well as artists such as Kaws, Futura, and Jackson Pollock Studio. These unique collectibles are sure to bring fun and life to any collection. This particular piece showcases the work of revered abstractionist Jackson Pollock. In 1947, Jackson Pollock began dripping, painting, splashing, and smearing as a means of painting and creating art. At the time, many saw the practice as complete lunacy, void of any of the qualities often found in a work of art, let alone a masterpiece. Despite this, Pollock gained a small yet firm group of followers who saw his work as not only a novelty but as a breath of fresh air, full of eclectic potential that would soon take the art world by storm. Here we see Pollock’s astute yet energetic use of layering in his chaotic drips, splatters, and smears. But his works were planned erratically. As a precursor to his artistic ritual, Pollock carefully studied the amount of material to be, the kind of paint to be mixed, and the motion in which to apply them.