I remember a trip to the Art Institute where mother showed me a painting that was black on black. I couldn’t believe they bought it and hung it.
Communist Goals - 1963 Congressional Record:
22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to “eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms.”
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. “Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art.”