Mexican Muralism
by Anreus, Alejandro; Folgarait, Leonard; Greeley, Robin AdeleFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-09-08
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Summary
In this comprehensive collection of essays, three generations of international scholars examine Mexican muralism in its broad artistic and historical contexts, from its iconic figures--Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siquieros--to their successors in Mexico, the United States, and across Latin America. These muralists conceived of their art as a political weapon in popular struggles over revolution and resistance, state modernization and civic participation, artistic freedom and cultural imperialism. The contributors to this volume show how these artists' murals transcended borders to engage major issues raised by the many different forms of modernity that emerged throughout the Americas during the twentieth century.
Author Biography
Alejandro Anreus is Professor of Art History and Latin American/Latino Studies at William Paterson University. Leonard Folgarait is Professor of History of Art at Vanderbilt University. Robin Adle Greeley is Associate Professor of Art History and Latin American Studies at the University of Connecticut.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Mexican Muralism: Beginnings, Development, Ideologies, and National Responses | |
| Muralism and the State in Post-Revolution Mexico, 1920-1970 | p. 13 |
| Los Tres Grandes: Ideologies and Styles | p. 37 |
| "All Mexico on a Wall": Diego Rivera's Murals at the Ministry of Public Education | p. 56 |
| Siqueiros' Communist Proposition for Mexican Muralism: A Mural for the Mexican Electricians' Syndicate | p. 75 |
| José Clemente Orozco's Use of Architecture in the Dartmouth Mural | p. 93 |
| Murales Estridentes: Tensions and Affinities between Estridentismo and Early Muralism | p. 108 |
| Young Muralists at the Abelardo L. Rodríguez Market | p. 125 |
| Nietzsche contra Marx in Mexico: The Contemporáneos, Muralism, and Debates over "Revolutionary" Art in 1930s Mexico | p. 148 |
| Muralism's Hemispheric Influences | |
| Siqueiros' Travels and "Alternative Muralisms" in Argentina and Cuba | p. 177 |
| Social Realism and Constructivist Abstraction: The Limits of the Debate on Muralism in the Río de la Plata Region (1930-1950) | p. 196 |
| Mexican Muralism in the United States: Controversies, Paradoxes, and Publics | p. 208 |
| Contemporary Responses to Muralism | |
| Murals and Marginality in Mexico City: The Case of Tepito Arte Acá | p. 229 |
| Radical Mestizaje in Chicano/a Murals | p. 243 |
| An Unauthorized History of Post-Mexican School Muralism | p. 263 |
| Chronology and Primary Texts | |
| Chronology | p. 283 |
| Primary Texts | p. 319 |
| Manifesto of the Syndicate of Technical Workers, Painters and Sculptors (Mexico City, 1923) | p. 319 |
| José Clemente Orozco, "New World, New Races and New Art" (New York, 1929) | p. 321 |
| Diego Rivera, "The Revolutionary Spirit in Modern Art" (Baltimore, 1932) | p. 322 |
| David Alfaro Siqueiros, "A Call to Argentine Artists" (Buenos Aires, 1933) | p. 330 |
| David Alfaro Siqueiros, "Toward a Transformation of the Plastic Arts" (New York, 1934) | p. 332 |
| José Clemente Orozco, "Orozco 'Explains'" (New York, 1940) | p. 335 |
| Bibliography | p. 339 |
| Contributors | p. 357 |
| Index | p. 359 |
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