Diego Rivera's America

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2022
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-34440-2 (ISBN)

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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

James Oles, curator of the exhibition Diego Rivera’s America, is a specialist in Latin American art, focusing on modern Mexican art and architecture. He is a senior lecturer in the Art Department at Wellesley College and serves as Adjunct Curator of Latin American art at the Davis Museum in Wellesley.

Contents

FOREWORD
Neal Benezra

LENDERS TO THE EXHIBITION

INTRODUCTION
James Oles

DIEGO RIVERA’S CREATION:
SYNTHESIS FOR A NEW NATION
Sandra Zetina

FROM MURALS TO PAINTINGS:
SCENES OF EVERYDAY LIFE
James Oles

THE EMBROIDERER
James Oles

THE FLOWERED CANOE
Adriana Zavala

FROM MURALS TO PAINTINGS:
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
James Oles

THE OFFERING
Dafne Cruz Porchini
and James Oles

MURALS ON PAPER
James Oles

DIEGO RIVERA’S NEW AMERICAN ART:
SAN FRANCISCO, 1930–31
Maria Castro

DESIGNS FOR THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE
Rachel Kaplan

FRIDA KAHLO:
SAN FRANCISCO PORTRAITS, 1930–31
Adriana Zavala

DESIGNS FOR H.P.
Claire F. Fox

DIEGO RIVERA PAINTS THE PROLETARIAT
John Lear

THE RED SQUARES OF MANHATTAN
John Lear

STUDY FOR A MURAL
Rachel Kaplan

RIVERA IN THE STUDIO
James Oles

LUZ JIMÉNEZ, WEAVER
James Oles

GIRL IN BLUE AND WHITE
James Oles

SYMBOLIC LANDSCAPES
Dafne Cruz Porchini
and James Oles

DIEGO RIVERA’S PAN-AMERICA
Claire F. Fox

SELF-PORTRAITS IN SANTA BARBARA
James Oles

AFTER RIVERA: ICONOCLASTIC MESTIZAJE
Jennifer A. González

PRESERVING PAN AMERICAN UNITY
Michelle Barger and Kiernan Graves

Works in the Exhibition
Selected Reading
Acknowledgments
Image Credits

Erscheinungsdatum	23.11.2020
Zusatzinfo	240 color illustrations
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	229 x 343 mm
Gewicht	2041 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
ISBN-10	0-520-34440-5 / 0520344405
ISBN-13	978-0-520-34440-2 / 9780520344402
Zustand	Neuware