Question One

If the viewers, of the  Abstract Expressionism art work, knew the origins of this style it would not have been very effective for the U.S. foreign policy.  The idea behind Abstract Expressionism is that it is apolitical and free and the real meaning is in the process to make the piece not the final product.  Those points are the complete opposite of the way the U.S. government used it.  The relationship between the style and the use of it by the government are completely contradictory.