Abstraction in art is a fantastic tool to organize elements into extraordinarily satisfying arrangements that engage and drive the viewer's attention to the painting's content. Rembrandt, perhaps more than any other artist, makes genius use of abstraction in his arrangements of light, shadow, composition, and groupings of figures.
So true, and deeply appreciate your writings on the dark intentions behind the promotion of this kind of art during a time period where the CIA was messing with a lot of cultural stuff, domestically. Today, a "contemporary" artist community in general will have a sizeable portion of abstract artists, none of them have a clue about the historical timelines of weaponized art and weaponized culture.
So true, and deeply appreciate your writings on the dark intentions behind the promotion of this kind of art during a time period where the CIA was messing with a lot of cultural stuff, domestically. Today, a "contemporary" artist community in general will have a sizeable portion of abstract artists, none of them have a clue about the historical timelines of weaponized art and weaponized culture.