From Canvas to Covert Ops: The Hush-Hush History of Abstract Expressionism
<p>Ever visited the grand art museums in New York or some other major US city and been left scratching your head?</p>
<p>You walk into a large, hallowed hall, and there it is — an entire section dedicated to what looks like the aftermath of a toddler’s unsupervised playdate with paint.</p>
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<p><strong>The Unsupervised Playdate</strong></p>
<p>“<strong>Ah, the pinnacle of art,</strong>” says a snooty man in a beret beside you, gazing at what appears to be a canvas splattered with multicolored spaghetti sauce.</p>
<p>You squint, tilt your head, even try closing one eye — still nada.</p>
<p>“<strong>Why,</strong>” you wonder, “<strong>did someone decide that blurry blobs of color were a better choice than painting, </strong>oh I don’t know<strong>, a lovely landscape or a bowl of fruit?</strong></p>
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