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1. Reading

A group of recently discovered paintings were reported to be original works of the abstract

artist Jackson Pollock, and several of the works have already been sold by the owner at high

prices. However, analysis by experts has revealed that the found art pieces are just imitations.

Issue: recently discovered paintings

Thesis: imitations

First, according to a team of research scientists, some of the materials used in the paintings

were not available in America until long after Jackson Pollocks death in 1956. One painting

includes a red pigment that was first patented in 1983.

1: materials unavailable

1: red pigment

Another is painted on a board that was not manufactured until the 1970s. These facts rule out

the possibility that Jackson Pollock was the one who made the piece.

1: materials unavailable

1: red pigment

board

Next, a physicist examined the newly discovered paintings and concluded that they did notshow Pollocks characteristic patterns. When Pollock painted, he dripped paint onto the canvas

in recurring patterns, which were enclosed in other recurring patterns just like fractals in

geometry.

2: physicist characteristic pattern

2: fractals

But the newly discovered paintings did not have these distinctive patterns.

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2: physicist characteristic pattern

2: fractals

paintings not include pattern

Lastly, friends of renowned artists usually emulate those artists work, and the newly found

paintings are likely imitations of this sort. It is no coincidence that the paintings were found in

an old storage container that once belonged to Herbert Matter.3: friends emulate

3:

His wife, Mercedes Matter, was an abstract painter and close friend of Jackson Pollock. It is

highly likely that the works in question were painted by her.

3: friends emulate

3: imitations by Mercedes Matter

2. Listening

So, some drip paintings of Jackson Pollock were recently discovered. This is an exciting

find because there arent a whole lot of Pollocks drip paintings around. Anyway, some

people have argued that they arent genuine.but this is not the case.

Issue: recently discovered paintings

Thesis: genuine

Ok, lets talk about the issue of pigment used in one of the paintings. Well, many people

think the pigment was not available in America during Pollocks time. But guess what?

Pollock had a ________ in ____________ who incidentally had an _____ __________

store there.

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1: Pollock could have acquired pigment

1: friends art supply store Switzerland

So Pollock couldve acquired those pigments from this friend-even though they were not

yet on the market in America!

1: Pollock could have acquired pigment

1: friends art supply store Switzerland

On top of that _____ _____ of Pollocks paintings have the distinctive fractal patterns that

skeptics have referred to. There are many other paintings of his that dont show the

pattern.

2: fractal pattern not all

And even the physicists who noticed the fractal patterns said it was mainly a feature of

Pollocks _____ paintings. The newly discovered paintings were created in the ______

_______ of Pollocks ______ period.

2: fractal pattern not all

2: feature of later paintings

early stages

Finally, some say the paintings were done by Mercedes Matter.well, this argument doesnot hold, uh, because ______ of her known paintings were done using a ______ style. The

recently found paintings have drips, which was a ______ ________ in Pollocks work

during the late 1940s.

3: not done by Matter

3: friend didnt use drips

key element of Pollocks paintings

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unavailable to Pollock during his lifetime.

2 Second, according to the lecturer, distinctive fractal patterns _____

______ ____ ________ of Pollocks work.

In fact, they usually appear in the artists ________ _______, and

these new paintings are from his _______ _____ ________.

2

This refutes the reading passages assertion that the __________ ______ __________ __________ means the paintings are not genuine.

3 The final point made by the lecturer is that the paintings were not

painted by Pollocks friend. The newly discovered paintings have a drip

style, which is a _____ ___________ of Pollocks art. On the other hand, his friend ______

_______ _____ _____ _________ in her paintings. 3 These points rebuff

the reading passages argument that the paintings were imitations painted by Pollocks

friend.