Foreign policy of the François Mitterrand administration maintaining as many options as possible until forced to pursue a particular course. However, once he made a choice he kept his ministers on a tight leash. Defense Minister Jean-Pierre Chevènement lost his ministry over his opposition to French participation in the First Gulf War. Initially, Mitterrand, like British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, was vary of German reunification, fearing that it would lead to Germany gaining too much power. He was reluctant to take action because Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev warned it would lead to a military coup d'état in the Soviet Union. Mitterrand did speak in favour of
Untitled from Marilyn Monroe pop culture and materialism, Warhol rejects Abstract Expressionism celebrating independent art that holds true to consumeristic aesthetic. This was done through borrowing by Warhol from a promotional still of the film "Niagara" (1953), raising questions on the extent of artistic appropriation. In "Untitled from Marilyn Monroe", Warhol deconstructs a film star and her artificial media typecast. Warhol transformed Monroe's ubiquitous typecast as an enduring sex icon and femme fatale into a creative silkscreened print. The borrowing by Warhol from a promotional still raises questions on the extent of artistic appropriation. This objectification of Monroe was possible in a society which