Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock

FILMS ON ART

Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock

Director: Harry Moses
Is the large abstract painting purchased for five dollars at a thrift store by good ol' girl and long-haul trucker Terri Horton really a Jackson Pollock worth millions? At first, this funny and knowing film appears as a mismatched contest between Get-Rich-Quick American Slob Culture and The Establishment Art World:  In this corner, Terri Horton; in that corner, Thomas Hoving. But as we come to know the redoubtable Ms. Horton and her story, as well as the story of this unsigned painting, we realize that nothing is as it first appears. We are also introduced, courtesy of Canadian forensic wizard Peter Paul Biro, into the fascinating confluence of science and art in the hunt for a contested painting's true provenance. (2006, 74 min.)
Showing: May 17, 8pm, St. Anthony's
May 20, 12:30pm, Matheson