Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art

图书标准信息

• 作者 Leah、Anna Indych-Lopez 著
• 出版社 Thames & Hudson
• 出版时间 2011-11
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780870708176
• 定价 438.40元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 148页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

In1931,DiegoRiverawasthesubjectofTheMuseumofModernArtssecondmonographicexhibition,whichsetattendancerecordsinitsfive-weekrun.TheMuseumbroughtRiveratoNewYorksixweeksbeforetheopeningandprovidedhimastudiospaceinthebuilding.Thereheproducedfiveportablemuralslargeblocksoffrescoedplaster,slakedlimeandwoodthatfeatureboldimagesdrawnfromMexicansubjectmatterandaddressthemesofrevolutionandclassinequity.Aftertheopening,togreatpublicity,Riveraaddedthreemoremurals,takingonNewYorksubjectsthroughmonumentalimagesoftheurbanworkingclass.PublishedinconjunctionwithanexhibitionthatbringstogetherkeyworksfromRiveras1931showandrelatedmaterial,thisvividlyillustratedcataloguecaststheartistasahighlycosmopolitanfigurewhomovedbetweenRussia,MexicoandtheUnitedStatesandexaminestheintersectionofart-makingandradicalpoliticsinthe1930s.