Mexican Muralism

by Anreus, Alejandro; Folgarait, Leonard; Greeley, Robin Adele

• ISBN13: 9780520271623
• ISBN10: 0520271629
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-08
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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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