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>understanding what led to Abstract Expressionism and how it influenced artistic development You mean the CIA plot during the cold war, with the idea that it w
by qnaal 12y ago
>understanding what led to Abstract Expressionism and how it influenced artistic development
You mean the CIA plot during the cold war, with the idea that it would make Russian art/culture seem dated when they didn't take it up?
Or so I've heard...
- krapp 12y agoWhile the CIA did secretly fund the abstract expressionist movement and use it as propaganda[0], they didn't invent it out of whole cloth. [0]http://www.openculture.com/2013/04/how_the_cia_turned_american_abstract_expressionism_into_cold_war_propaganda.html http://www.openculture.com/2013/04/how_the_cia_turned_americ...