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This new interpretive history of Mexican art and architecture from
the Spanish Conquest to the early decades of the 21st century is
the most comprehensive introduction to the subject in fifty years.
James Oles ranges widely across media and genres, offering new
readings of paintings, murals, sculptures, buildings, prints and
photographs. He interprets major works by such famous artists as
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, but also discusses less familiar
figures who were equally important in the construction of national
identity. The story of Mexican art is set in its rich historical
context by the book's treatment of political and social change. The
author draws on recent scholarship to examine crucial issues of
race, class and gender, including an exploration of the work of
indigenous artists during the colonial period, and of women artists
in the 19th and 20th centuries. Throughout, Oles shows how artists
in Mexico participated in local and international developments, and
highlights the important role played by Mexicans in the art world
of the last five centuries.
Diego Rivera's America revisits a historical moment when the famed
muralist and painter, more than any other artist of his time,
helped forge Mexican national identity in visual terms and imagined
a shared American future in which unity, rather than division, was
paramount. This volume accompanies a major exhibition highlighting
Diego Rivera's work in Mexico and the United States from the early
1920s through the mid-1940s. During this time in his prolific
career, Rivera created a new vision for the Americas, on both
national and continental levels, informed by his time in both
countries. Rivera's murals in Mexico and the U.S. serve as points
of departure for a critical and contemporary understanding of one
of the most aesthetically, socially, and politically ambitious
artists of the twentieth century. Works featured include the
greatest number of paintings and drawings from this period reunited
since the artist's lifetime, presented alongside fresco panels and
mural sketches. This catalogue serves as a guide to two crucial
decades in Rivera's career, illuminating his most important themes,
from traditional markets to modern industry, and devoting attention
to iconic paintings as well as works that will be new even to
scholars-revealing fresh insights into his artistic process.
Published by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in association
with University of California Press Exhibition dates: San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art: July 16, 2022-January 1, 2023 Crystal Bridges
Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas: March 11-July 31,
2023
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