Title: All You Need to Know About Mexican Muralism and Muralists | Widewalls
Headings: All You Need to Know About Mexican Muralism and Muralists
All You Need to Know About Mexican Muralism and Muralists
June 17, 2016
Mexican Muralism - Hand-in-Hand with Politics and People
Mural - The Characteristics and Significance
Los Tres Grandes - The Three Great Muralists of Mexico
Diego Rivera
José Clemente Orozco
David Alfaro Siqueiros
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Content: His murals are the most recognizable ones even today, both by those living in and out of the country standing as an extraordinary visual diary of Mexico in all its diversity and honesty. José Clemente Orozco
Drawing from the European expressionism, José Clemente Orozco was perhaps the most dire of los tres grandes. In the manner of a dark prophet, he emphasized human suffering and cruelty, leaving nothing unsaid when it came to the horrors of the Mexican Revolution, in which he fought. Orozco was no idealist, his intentions were to show that not everything is pretty and great in his homeland, and this often exposed him to much criticism. His murals were often defaced and even threatened to be whitewashed by the government for their explicitly straight-forward content, and he himself was proclaimed “sick” by a number of art critics. Another aspect of Orozco’s work is the fear of mankind’s ever-growing dependency on technology and the incredible power it will have over us in the future. David Alfaro Siqueiros
The youngest and the most radical, David Alfaro Siqueiros was also the most innovative, having used unusual techniques such as pyroxlene, a commercial enamel and Duco, a transparent automobile paint. He was also among the first to experiment with acrylic, resins and asbestos. A fan of “accidents” in his painting caused by color or the very act of creation, the artist incorporated science, technology and machinery into his work while still holding on to the primary task of conveying a message to common people. The art of Siqueiros evoked speed and progress, but also the kind of political vision that was not well received by the authorities in Mexico, or the United States - which is why today most of his murals can be found in South America.