Following Jackson Pollock

 

Jackson Pollock was a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement in New York City.  He was well known for his unique style of drip painting. Pollock's most famous paintings were made during the "drip period" between 1947 and 1950. Salto's time in New York brought him into close contact with Pollock's work.

 

Salto's interpreted technique was "throw painting" - he did not place the canvases on the floor, but laid them flat on an old pool table left behind in his studio apartment in the East Village. The sticks he used to throw the paint were smaller because the gravity was less from the hand to the table than hand to the floor. Thus, the "splatter" force of his works are more pronounced.