> Doyle
> As to aesthetic theory, have you ever read Rosalind Krauss (The
> Optical Unconscious, MIT Press 1994)? She is a former associate of
> Clement Greenberg, when Krauss was a grad student, and who did a
> little work for him as a trusted aide. Greenberg was the art
> critic of the Nation Magazine. Anyway, Krauss wrote this POMO book
> on Greenberg and art theory. It is the first book I encountered on
> POMO theory. I guess about four years ago is when I saw it. I
> find Krauss interesting though difficult at times.
I remember reading that Greenberg, a one-time Trotskyist, was, like many proponents of the abstract expressionist movement sponsored by the Central Intelligence Agency, in its ongoing struggle against 'soviet- inspired' socialist realism. One of the more curious chapters in the history of the Cold War.
-- Jim heartfield