fascists and communists are united in their hatred of "degenerate" art, so i'm fine with it. if exposing the citizens of the USSR to Modern American art advanced the fall of the soviet union then w/e, if it also happened to give Rothko money to paint then that's a solid win.— cognitohazard (@bryanarchyNOW) June 3, 2021
No, this take doesn't make a lot of sense. It wasn't even known they did that until much later. It was part of a culture war component of the Cold War. It wasn't about having an effect on communism, it was about owning the USSR by saying "look at the INNOVATION that our country breeds, socialist realism is outdated".
No, this take doesn't make a lot of sense. It wasn't even known they did that until much later. It was part of a culture war component of the Cold War. It wasn't about having an effect on communism, it was about owning the USSR by saying "look at the INNOVATION that our country breeds, socialist realism is outdated".