The American Artist's Congress attempts to deal with the issue of politics and art. Their debates seem to conclude that politics and art cannot mix because politicians or artists use the art as propaganda. They entrap the artist into the ideologies of a particular political view and therefore stifle their artistic expression.

The American Artist's Congress conclusions to this debate - made public through 'The Partisan Review' was : "Art, like science, not only does not seek orders, but by it's very essence cannot tolerate them....Art can become a strong ally of revolution only insofar as it remains faithful to itself."

These statements led the way for artists such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko and other abstract expressionists to be free from politics in a very political era - but in reality, did they. They became aligned with the motives of the American government as a response to the realism of the soviets. Some go as far to say that abstract expressionist art was financed by the CIA.  ¶ 10:51 AM