The Controversy: The Museum Of Modern Art
Hi Charles, I appreciate your post since I think that political aspect is present in art either directly or indirectly. The official goal of the museum that has on display the most controversial exhibition still remains first and foremost the societal one. You are, along with George Orwell, exactly right: “all art is to some extent propaganda”. For example, Alfred Barr’s pure scholarly efforts and fascination with the modern art have produced an unexpected outcome. In the period of struggle with Nazism and fascism, even without direct inferences, the Museum of Modern Art was perceived as “latest and strangest recruit in Uncle Sam’s defense line-up” which mission, according to Chairman of the Museum’s Board of Trustees, John Hay Whitney,