| Seventh in the Genomic Works series, this canvas carries the name
Jackson Pollock, yet the portrait band features a reproduction of a mounted military figure—possibly a Cossack, possibly a more generic archetype. The ambiguity is intentional. It shifts the portrait from personal ancestry to symbolic inheritance, invoking traits like movement, discipline, volatility, and mythic masculinity.
The Tarot card, drawn at random, introduces the element of fate—reminding us that genetics is not a narrative, but a shuffle. The shimmering genomic bands remain, abstract and unreadable, anchoring the canvas in the logic of the series. Surrounding these are bands of pattern, texture, and chromatic rhythm—representing the spectrum of human experience.
Jackson Pollock is not a portrait of the artist, nor a tribute to abstraction. It is a meditation on how identity can be shaped by archetypes as much as ancestors—by cultural memory as much as genetic code.
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