Teri horton biography
Tod volpe!
In honor of Abstract Expressionist New York at MoMA right now, I saw the documentary Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?.
It’s the story of Teri Horton, a 73-year old trucker who purchased a painting at a thrift store for $5–bargained down from $8–and then came to believe it was painted by Jackson Pollock.
Teri horton biography
The movie is about the odyssey she then embarked on to have it authenticated as a Pollock, in hopes of selling it for $50 million. As Teri says at the beginning of the film–”You ain’t gonna believe this shit!”
The movie features her driving her pink-colored truck cab around town, hauling what seem to be several bulldozers, and sorting through trash in Dumpsters.
She enthusiastically and unapologetically hunts down bargains, patronizes thrift stores, and calls herself a “Dumpster-diving granny.”
Her love of a bargain led her to the thrift store in question, where she purchased an abstract painting for her friend, who needed cheering up.
Both she and her