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If Jackson Pollock is any example, probably a CIA psyop. At this point nothing surprises me anymore. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-c

• actionfromafar 2y ago
  I have no clue if Pollock was a CIA psyop or not, but were it so, it wouldn't detract from the paintings. They are inventive and pushed boundaries.
  • sleepybrett 2y ago
    The PROMOTION of artists like Pollock might have been a CIA psyop, but I don't think the artists themselves were working for the CIA.
    • onetokeoverthe 2y ago
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• axus 2y ago
  That was very astute of the CIA. Trolling "the enemy" to provoke an overreaction and make them look bad. It could happen in modern times too, promote harmless social ideas that leaders of China and Russia overreact to while the West passively tolerates.
• romwell 2y ago
  Then Kandinsky (and other Suprematists) were what, Russian Tsar's psyop? Because surely you can't beat a literal black square[1] in the "come on, you call this art?!" category. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Square