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Subliminal Jihad
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The C Ia and the Abstract Expressionists
The sie began financing and promoting abstract expressionists through its international organizations division. Its belief in abstract expressionism was a passionate one that may have had as much to do with the c aa's affinity toward the two fisted, hard drinking, hemmingway cowboyc cultivated by the group than what they put on canvas. The slick, flat surfaces and hard edges of pop art replaced the viscous drips of the unconscious,. just like the bright lights of maxs kansas city replaced the masculine recesses of the cedar tavern painting declared mark surrgate dead. In 19 64, artists saw lawitd tofind a new movement, conceptual art, as art in which the
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