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The tragical history of Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionist, a shadow-theater play, by Apostolos Doxiadis

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The tragical history of Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionist

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by Apostolos Doxiadis

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a shadow-theater play

"The work of Alfred Hoos, performed here by his disciple Yannis Philaretos. Both Hoos and Philaretos are fictional characters whose creator, writer and director Apostolos Doxiadis, has provided all the missing links from fiction to reality. The work combines storytelling and puppetry in a musical form to tell the life-story of the great modern painter Jackson Pollock; his childhood in Cody, Wyoming; his early years in New York and apprenticeship at the Art Students' League; his being discovered by the extravagant Peggy Guggenheim; the creation of his own, characteristic 'dripping' style; his struggle with alcoholism and his tragic death. Combining humor and pathos in the tradition of folk theatrical aesthetics, this recounts Pollock's rise from anonymity and notority to posthumous fame"--Back cover

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Alfred Hoos' the tragical history of Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionist, as performed by Yannis Philaretos