So.... abstract expressionism was funded and pushed by the CIA, under a shell company CCF, thru grants to the MoMa (hexbear.net)

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But why? I was reading a fairly vacuous art history book and they drop all this knowledge and then do 0 analysis of it. Feels like they're saying "teehee, ain't it so quirky?" Their best guess was to counter Socialist Realism and to promote the US as an art powerhouse, a vision of artistic freedom!!! Is that the materialist interpretation?

E: Thanks for all the thoughtful responses. Genuinely. When I write that it sounds corporate, but I mean it

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[-] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Gabriel Rockhill addresses this somewhat, if I recall correctly, but there are also books on this like Who Paid The Piper? and The Mighty Wurlitzer.

Sorry to just drop titles on you and run like I'm doing here. I'm tired.

[-] lurker_supreme@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

Thank you for sharing these titles meow-hug

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