About Sync. x RES Backpack Jackson Pollock Studio 2

Medicom Toy’s Sync brand in collaboration with RES produced this exclusive Backpack Jackson Studio 2 made in Cordura Nylon by the company Invista. This backpack features on the inside, the iconic drip painting by the American 20th-century Abstract Expressionist artist Jackson Pollock. During his notorious “drip period”, Jackson Pollock Action Painting technique registered the movements of the artist as he laid the canvases on the floor and dripped paint over them. The main compartment of this Jackson Pollock backpack opens from the left side. In addition to this, the backpack includes a smaller front compartment and one to place a bottle on its right side. This unique Jackson Pollock backpack uniquely intertwines design with functionality. More details on Sync. x RES Backpack Jackson Pollock Studio 2:

• Dimensions: 18.11″H x 12.20″ W x 5.51″ D inches (H 46 cm × W 31 cm × D 14 cm)
• Weight: 3.5 lbs (est)
• Material: Cordura Nylon (by Invista)
• Release Date: August 2018.
• © Pollock-Krasner House / Stony Brook Foundation.

About Jackson Pollock

Born on January 28, 1912, as the youngest of five sons in Cody, Wyoming. Paul Jackson Pollock’s Westerner identity would play a significant role in the development of his artistic style, often viewed by his admirers as uniquely American, self-reliant and independent. After his abusive alcoholic father Leroy Pollock left the family, his brother Charles became like a father figure to Jackson and also awakened his interest in the arts. In 1930, both Charles and Jackson moved to New York City and enrolled at the Art Students League, studying under Thomas Hart Benton with whom they became close with. The artistic experimentation of Pollock’s paintings reflects the strong influence of the Surrealist psychic automatism present in the works of artists like Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí. Pollock’s Action Painting was also motivated by a 1939 Picasso exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)  in New York, where other artists like Willem de Kooning were inspired to develop their own signature independent styles like Picasso did with Cubism.