Pynchon on art and the depression/ recession!( Jones sez)...from a Guardian piece today, 2/8

[Mark Kohut]

One theory is that the best art comes not during a period of recession, but in its prosperous aftermath. "The great artists of abstract expressionism, such as Jackson Pollock and Arshile Gorky, were young during the great depression, and that had a great influence in giving their work emotional depth," says art critic Jonathan Jones. "Thomas Pynchon said in his novel V that, after the war, the depression went inside, and that is true of their work. They were producing art in a time of prosperity, but shaped by the depression. "


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