https://www.reddit.com/r/modernart/comments/1bpaiae/shoot_um_moma_what_is_this/

Rothko's Untitled. I don't like abstract expressionism but he's probably the technical height of it from how much work actually went into that.

  • PapaEmeritusIII [any]
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    8 months ago

    According to the article you linked, the artists weren’t aware that the CIA was using them

    • utopologist [any]
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      8 months ago

      They weren't aware, that's correct. I cannot fucking stand the online reactionary stance on modern art I see from leftists; abstract expressionism was promoted by the west strictly because it was the opposite of the official Soviet line on art, which was socialist realism, not because of the ideological content of the art itself. It's beyond intellectually lazy to be opposed to abstract art because of that.

      Standing in front of a Mark Rothko painting was almost a fucking spiritual experience for me, not because of the capitalist messages hidden inside but because of the depth of color and texture that fills the perception

      • JohnBrownNote [comrade/them, des/pair]
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        8 months ago

        Standing in front of a Mark Rothko painting was almost a fucking spiritual experience for me, not because of the capitalist messages hidden inside but because of the depth of color and texture that fills the perception

        jesse-wtf

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        8 months ago

        Thinking that because the CIA did something it was smart and effective, they do a tonneau of dumb silly shit thst goes no where.

      • ProfessorAdonisCnut [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        Isn't it also largely because the early CIA/OSS was populated largely by Ivy Leaguers, with the associated cultural norms and biases?

      • PapaEmeritusIII [any]
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        8 months ago

        Reinventing the concept of d*generate art but making it leftist this time

        Edit: Slur filter broke the wikipedia link. But you can find it if you search “d*generate art”