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Cold War Culture & the CIA Ep63
In this episode we look at the story behind the the CIA secretly funding art at the height of the cold war.
Contrasting Styles
American Abstract Expression was a very free and Avant Guarde Artform. This was in great contrast to the State controlled Soviet Artform of Socialist Realism.
Socialist Realist Art
American Abstract Expressionism
Jackson Pollock Artwork (Photo by Ed Shipul)
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In this episode we look at the story behind the the CIA secretly funding art at the height of the cold war.
Contrasting Styles
American Abstract Expression was a very free and Avant Guarde Artform. This was in great contrast to the State controlled Soviet Artform of Socialist Realism.
Socialist Realist Art
American Abstract Expressionism
Jackson Pollock Artwork (Photo by Ed Shipul)
Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)
The post Cold War Culture & the CIA Ep63 appeared first on .
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