/lit/ - Literature

>>10052270
>they didn't do it to "subvert ARE CULTURE" but to financially incentivize artists to move away from politically charged work. the same thing is done today in asia and latin america.
nah, it was more of an attempt to promote American art as progressive and innovative, opposing the traditionalism and figurative nature of communist art to sway European intellectuals to turn on Russia, not that the artists themselves had anything to do with it, it was just heavily promoted through touring exhibitions and critical praise. Abstract Expressionism isn't inherently bad just because it was insidiously promoted but I feel it did influence modern perceptions of art for the worse.
Some of it is alright.

"Onement VI"
Barnett Newman