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It’s kind of crazy to think that there’s a case to be made that Jackson Pollock is only as well known an artist as he is because he and other abstract expressionist artists were artificially promoted by the CIA worldwide to attempt to counteract the growth of Soviet realism and demonstrate the freedom of expression in the US.
“See? Even the guy who gets splatters of paint from one incomprehensible ‘art’ piece onto another can be successful in America!”
It was also emphasizing that art like that couldn’t have been successful in Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia, which probably were true given the nationalized focus on cultivating culture (thanks a lot, Plato…).
It’s kind of crazy to think that there’s a case to be made that Jackson Pollock is only as well known an artist as he is because he and other abstract expressionist artists were artificially promoted by the CIA worldwide to attempt to counteract the growth of Soviet realism and demonstrate the freedom of expression in the US.
“See? Even the guy who gets splatters of paint from one incomprehensible ‘art’ piece onto another can be successful in America!”
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It was also emphasizing that art like that couldn’t have been successful in Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia, which probably were true given the nationalized focus on cultivating culture (thanks a lot, Plato…).