Abstract expressionism in 1929 in relation to works by Wassily Kandinsky. Technically, an important predecessor is surrealism, with its emphasis on spontaneous, automatic, or subconscious creation. Jackson Pollock's dripping paint onto a canvas laid on the floor is a technique that has its roots in the work of André Masson, Max Ernst, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. The newer research tends to put the exile-surrealist Wolfgang Paalen in the position of the artist and theoretician who fostered the theory of the viewer-dependent possibility space through his paintings and his magazine "DYN". Paalen considered ideas of quantum mechanics, as well as idiosyncratic interpretations of
Jack Armstrong (artist) April 2, 2011. In 2014 he painted the $3 million Cosmic Star Cruiser bicycle. Armstrong has never been represented by a dealer. At his home in Eagle Rock in 2014, an arrest warrant was issued by the Los Angeles County district attorney's office for one count of rape he was taken into custody. Jack Armstrong (artist) Jack Armstrong is an American artist, ex-model and jeweler. Known for his flamboyance and eccentric behavior, described in court papers as "a man with no discernible source of income", he became known for his connection to the "Black Star Of Queensland" of which he