Art lost its meaning over a century ago. Since then it has been a running competition for most silly and profane.
Since photography eroded the market for representational art, which could approach but not surpass the camera in accuracy, to create something new meant going where they pretty much had to go. And if you believe what you read, the CIA pushed abstract art in a deliberate attempt to undermine Soviet realism. Pollock was a product of the Cold War.
Since photography eroded the market for representational art, which could approach but not surpass the camera in accuracy, to create something new meant going where they pretty much had to go. And if you believe what you read, the CIA pushed abstract art in a deliberate attempt to undermine Soviet realism. Pollock was a product of the Cold War.