Regarding Jackson Pollock's allegedly connection with Abstract Expressionism (AE) and 'He was the action painter who rebelled against the rules...'
<start quote> One of the most important and fascinating discussions in Saunders' book is about the fact that CIA and its allies in the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) poured vast sums of money into promoting Abstract Expressionist (AE) painting and painters as an antidote to art with a social content. In promoting AE, the CIA fought off the right-wing in Congress. What the CIA saw in AE was an "anti-Communist ideology, the ideology of freedom, of free enterprise. Non-figurative and politically silent it was the very antithesis of socialist realism" (254). They viewed AE as the true expression of the national will. To bypass right-wing criticism, the CIA turned to the private sector (namely MOMA and its co-founder, Nelson Rockefeller, who referred to AE as "free enterprise painting.") Many directors at MOMA had longstanding links to the CIA and were more than willing to lend a hand in promoting AE as a weapon in the cultural Cold War. Heavily funded exhibits of AE were organized all over Europe; art critics were mobilized, and art magazines churned out articles full of lavish praise. The combined economic resources of MOMA and the CIA-run Fairfield Foundation ensured the collaboration of Europe's most prestigious galleries which, in turn, were able to influence aesthetics across Europe. <end quote> source: http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/CIAcultCW.html see also: http://www.nictoglobe.com/new/articles/finality.html Best --AMJ w: http://nictoglobe.com w: http://burgerwaanzin.nl On Fri, May 27, 2011 19:43, Rob Myers wrote: > On 27/05/11 05:28, marc garrett wrote: >> Art& Language sing theory, backed up by The Red Crayola "Nine Gross and >> Conspicuous Errors" (1976): http://is.gd/1Mhe99 >> >> The karaoke event took place between 5pm and 6pm each day, > > This last paragraph refers to a show at the Lisson a couple of years ago > rather than to the original video. > > I went to the show, but not to the karaoke. > > Come on, you all know the words: > > "Jackson Pollock was the artist of the Marshall Plan > He broke the ice for artists when the Cold War began > He was the leading artist of the New York School > He was the action painter who rebelled against the rules..." > > - Rob. > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
