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

Name: Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945
Brand: Yale University Press
SKU: 9780300246698
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Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945

Hardcover – March 3, 2020

by Barbara Haskell (Author), Mark A. Castro (Contributor), Dafne Cruz Porchini (Contributor), Renato González Mello (Contributor), Marcela Guerrero (Contributor), Andrew Hemingway (Contributor), Anna Indych-López (Contributor), Michael K. Schuessler (Contributor), Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw (Contributor), ShiPu Wang (Contributor), James Wechsler (Contributor)

An in-depth look at the transformative influence of Mexican artists on their U.S. counterparts during a period of social change

The first half of the 20th century saw prolific cultural exchange between the United States and Mexico, as artists and intellectuals traversed the countries’ shared border in both directions. For U.S. artists, Mexico’s monumental public murals portraying social and political subject matter offered an alternative aesthetic at a time when artists were seeking to connect with a public deeply affected by the Great Depression. The Mexican influence grew as the artists José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros traveled to the United States to exhibit, sell their work, and make large-scale murals, working side-by-side with local artists, who often served as their assistants, and teaching them the fresco technique. Vida Americana examines the impact of their work on more than 70 artists, including Marion Greenwood, Philip Guston, Isamu Noguchi, Jackson Pollock, and Charles White. It provides a new understanding of art history, one that acknowledges the wide-ranging and profound influence the Mexican muralists had on the style, subject matter, and ideology of art in the United States between 1925 and 1945.

Book Description

This in-depth exploration of the work of Mexican muralists in the United States reveals their impact on the country’s art, culture, and politics.

About the Author

Barbara Haskell is a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Product details

Hardcover: 264 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press (March 10, 2020)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300246692
ISBN-13: 9780300246698
Product Dimensions: 10 x 1 x 12.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds