[4] Pollock's research offers historical analyses of the social dynamics that shape the sexual political environment within art history.

[4] Her theoretical and methodological innovations, including her book Vision and Difference 1988, are still influential, and many of her remarks apply to contemporary concerns such as the political subtexts for women portrayed in advertising.

"[8][9][10] On March 5, 2020, Pollock was named as the 2020 Holberg Prize Laureate "for her groundbreaking contributions to feminist art history and cultural studies.

She explains the relationship between systems of representation and ideology which, in turn, create the visual language used by political advertising to depict women in society.

Identifying these strategies of representation provided additional tools to feminist activists seeking to change the construction of women in art and society in general.

Some of these include: old mistresses, vision and difference, avant-garde gambits, generations and geographies, differencing the canon and most recently, the virtual feminist museum.