In search of a true "people's art"

Komar and Melamid: The Artists and the Project:

In an age where opinion polls and market research invade almost every aspect of our 'democratic/consumer' society (with the notable exception of art), Komar and Melamid's project poses relevant questions that an art-interested public, and society in general often fail to ask: What would art look like if it were to please the greatest number of people? Or conversely: What kind of culture is produced by a society that lives and governs itself by opinion polls?

The American ideal (above) is a traditional landscape incorporating historical figures

The Dutch were alone in this survey in favouring abstract art (above).

Via Bad Banana