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All You Need to Know About Mexican Muralism and Muralists
June 17, 2016
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All You Need to Know About Mexican Muralism and Muralists
Art History, Socially Engaged Art
June 17, 2016
Angie Kordic
“The community that terrorizes over man forgets that men are 'persons', not biological units.” These were the words spoken by the leaders of Mexico’s political revolt in 1910 that would come to influence the country’s biggest art movement as well - Mexican Muralism. As the nation-wide revolution against the tyranny of President Porfirio Díaz was slowly building up, a small intellectual community was led by Antonio Curo, Alfonso Reyes and José Vasconcelos, together with graphic artist José Guadalupe Posada and Gerardo Murillo, also known as Dr. Atl and the creator of the first Modern mural. These highly educated and cultured men were of immense influence on an entire generation of Mexican muralists that continued their work a decade later all the way through the 1970s. It was an uprising that let art speak in its name; indeed, it is probably safe to say that no other movement proposed and produced art for the people quite like the Mexican mural painting, intertwined with its nation and tradition with such dedication and vision. Diego Rivera - La historia de México- de la conquista al futuro, 1929-1935. Mural at Palacio Nacional, Ciudad de México
Mexican Muralism - Hand-in-Hand with Politics and People
After the Mexican Revolution, which had dictator Porfirio Díaz and his regime overthrown, and the political turmoil that followed for the next few years, Mexico saw the creation of a new party, the Partido Revolucionario Institucional - the PRI. The land was finally in the hands of its own workers, but there was so much to be done: the new government sought to establish a brand new Mexican society, founded on its rich tradition but very much forward-looking.