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It’s been acknowledged that Abstract Expressionism was partly a CIA op ( https://daily.jstor.org/was-modern-art-really-a-cia-psy-op/ https://daily.jstor.org/was
by TimorousBestie 10mo ago
It’s been acknowledged that Abstract Expressionism was partly a CIA op ( https://daily.jstor.org/was-modern-art-really-a-cia-psy-op/ https://daily.jstor.org/was-modern-art-really-a-cia-psy-op/ ) probably along with other attempts at cultivating anti-Soviet “soft power.”
As for postmodernism or deconstruction, the connections are less clear. Derrida for instance had connections with American universities that themselves had government connections and funding sources, but I don’t know of any evidence of a direct link.
- therobots927 10mo agoI knew about expressionism. Has nothing to do with postmodernism. I do believe the CIA determined that post modernism was not a threat because it was so abstract and also the left tends to eat itself without outside help. Regardless the content of the philosophy is extremely compelling.