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Imagine it is 1954 and you have just read a critic ' s scathing review of an Abstract Expressionist art exhibition .
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word letter to the editor responding to the attack . At the beginning of your letter , discuss how the work of American artwork created in the 1930s embodied Democratic values . Then , discuss Abstract Expressionism as an extension of those values and a demonstration of the freedom of expression available to artists in American society .
Include discussion of the following in your letter :
Two examples of art from the 1930s with explanation of how these artworks embody democratic values ; were the works tools of social reform ? If so , what were the goals of the artists ? Were the works depicting uniquely American scenes ? If so , for what purpose ?
One example of a work of Abstract Expressionism
How the Abstract Expressionist artist expressed themselves using this abstract style ; what were they " saying ?" or what was the message of their artwork ? What influenced their work ?
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