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zondag 14 november 2010

Modern art was CIA 'weapon'


For decades in art circles it was either a rumour or a joke, but now it is confirmed as a fact. The Central Intelligence Agency used American modern art - including the works of such artists as Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko - as a weapon in the Cold War. In the manner of a Renaissance prince - except that it acted secretly - the CIA fostered and promoted American Abstract Expressionist painting around the world for more than 20 years.

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  1. guerilla theater 14 november 2010 om 15:00

    OMG this is wonderfull! spaming the soviets big time with art, painting as a logo for american culture and so on and so on...
    'Oh look! you see this our freedom?*

    i wish for a zizek comment on this

    so let me explain that,
    hey hey, you are free to do whatever you want but please do it for US! ...chicki,chicki slim shady

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