Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945

Exposición / Whitney Museum of American Art / 99 Gansevoort Street / Nueva York, New York, Estados Unidos
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Cuándo:
17 feb de 2020 - 31 ene de 2021

Inauguración:
17 feb de 2020

Comisariada por:
Alana Hernández, Barbara Haskell, Marcela Guerrero, Sarah Humphreville

Organizada por:
Whitney Museum of American Art

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Descripción de la Exposición

Mexico underwent a radical cultural transformation at the end of its Revolution in 1920. A new relationship between art and the public was established, giving rise to art that spoke directly to the people about social justice and national life. The model galvanized artists in the United States who were seeking to break free of European aesthetic domination to create publicly significant and accessible native art. Numerous American artists traveled to Mexico, and the leading Mexican muralists—José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros—spent extended periods of time in the United States, executing murals, paintings, and prints; exhibiting their work; and interacting with local artists. With approximately 200 works by sixty Mexican and American artists, Vida Americana will demonstrate the impact Mexican artists had on their counterparts in the United States during this period and the ways in which their example inspired American artists both to create epic narratives about American history and everyday life, and to use their art to protest economic, social, and racial injustices.

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