Convergence

Jackson Pollock built up explosive layers of black, white, and vivid colors in this energetic composition. Unlike some of his more restrained drip paintings, Convergence erupts with reds, yellows, and blues that Pollock added after laying down the initial web of black and white.

The painting was featured in a 1964 jigsaw puzzle marketed as "the world's most difficult puzzle," introducing Pollock's work to a mass audience. The overlapping skeins of paint create a sense of continuous movement without beginning or end. Pollock considered the painting a rejection of oppression, personal and political.

It hangs at the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.