Stanley Museum of Art Senior Living Communities (SLC) Program Amanda Lensing, SLC Program Coordinator [email protected] (319) 467-0074 May 7, 2020 | Museum From Home Emails Mural in Action This week, University of Iowa alumna (2018) Tessa Solomon wrote about Jackson Pollock's (1912-1956) Mural (1943) in Artnews. Solomon discusses the tour the painting has been on since the flood of 2008. Jackson Pollock’s Largest Painting Is Touring the World, and Its Mysteries Are Coming to Light To follow up the article, I've compiled a list of materials on the Mural in action and the painter behind it: DOCUMENTARY Jackson Pollock’s Mural: The Story of a Modern Masterpiece (Time 57:01) A 2017 Emmy Award winning documentary produced by the University of Iowa explores the journey Pollock’s most influential painting took from New York to Iowa and around the world. RESTORATION Art Smart Talk: Jackson Pollock’s Mural, Presented by Yvonne Szafran (Time 1:18:10) From 2014, this University of Iowa Museum of Art Smart Talk hosts Yvonne Szafran, Senior Conservator and Head Paintings Conservation at the J. Paul Getty Museum, discussing the restoration of Mural. MUSIC Jackson Pollock’s Mural Inspires Piano Concerto (Time 31:05) From Iowa Public Radio’s Talk of Iowa (March 4, 2019), host Charity Nebbe talks with Steinway pianist and composer, educator, and author Dan Knight about the piano concerto he’s writing inspired by Mural. BOOK Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith Awarded the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. MOVIE Pollock (2000) Available to Rent/Buy on Amazon Video, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu, YouTube Rated R | 122 minutes Ed Harris directs and stars as Pollock in this film about the American painter based on Naifeh and Smith’s biography. Funding for the SLC program is provided by the Community Foundation of Johnson County through 5224Good. .