イマン・アブドゥルマジドのインスタグラム(the_real_iman) - 1月17日 02時09分

Thank you @whitneymuseum for arranging a private tour to see this amazing exhibition and grateful for Marcela Guerrero, assistant curator, for walking as thru and schooling us in the nuances of this sprawling exhibition.

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 nearly 200 works by over sixty Mexican and American artists, this exhibition reorients art history by revealing the profound impact the Mexican muralists 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.

It blew our mind to find this nugget of information… In 1936, Jackson Pollock traveled to Dartmouth College to view José Clemente Orozco’s mural The Epic of American Civilization, which had been unveiled in Baker Library two years earlier. You will find in Vida Americana the artistic relationship between the Mexican muralist and the American abstract expressionist. The deep impact that the imagery of these frescoes had on the young artist is demonstrated by the drawings and oil paintings that Pollock made after this visit. In these works Pollock explored myth, ritual, and the creative and destructive power of fire in ways directly inspired by Orozco’s art…. what a delight was to see Jackson Pollock & Orozco’s art next to each other!

Don’t miss out on this exhibition! Link in bio!

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