Rivers Johnson - Was Plato Right About Art Being Imitation?

Plato's theory on art is based on the idea that art is an imitation of real life, which itself is an imitation of the Forms. Back when he wrote that, art generally was representative of real things. But how does this view hold up when we take into account modern art?


Jackson Pollack's work is world renowned and generally accepted to be art. But his art certainly doesn't fit into Plato's view of art as imitation of real life. So either Pollack's work cannot be art or Plato was wrong. Thoughts?