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Diego Rivera : nueva vida a un mural destruido, 1933/1934 / Alejandra de la Paz, coordinación general ; Mariana Casanova Zamudio, coordinación editorial] [and four others].
Fine Arts Library N6559.R58 A4 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957, artist.
- Series:
- Red de museos.
- Red de museos
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957--Exhibitions.
- Rivera, Diego.
- Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957. Man at the crossroads--History.
- Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979--Art patronage.
- Rockefeller, Nelson A.
- Rockefeller Center--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Rockefeller Center.
- Mural painting and decoration--New York (State)--New York--20th century--Themes, motives--Exhibitions.
- Mural painting and decoration.
- Mural painting and decoration, Mexican--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Mural painting and decoration, Mexican.
- Art--Mutilation, defacement, etc--New York (State)--New York--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Art.
- Politics in art--Exhibitions.
- Politics in art.
- Physical Description:
- 112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Primera edición.
- Other Title:
- Nueva vida a un mural destruido, 1933/1934
- Place of Publication:
- Ciudad de México : Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, INBAL : Fundación Jenkins, 2024.
- Language Note:
- In Spanish.
- Summary:
- In March 1933, Mexican artist Diego Rivera, already internationally renowned, embarked on one of the most controversial projects of his muralist career: "Man at the Crossroads." The fresco was initially commissioned for the main lobby of Rockefeller Center in New York; however, it faced censorship only months into its creation and was destroyed by the same contractors. Only a year later, in November 1934, at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Rivera created a second adapted version that breathed new life into the destroyed mural. The exhibition delves into Rivera's work "Man Controller of the Universe", a cornerstone of the Museum of Palacio de Bellas Artes' permanent collection. It explores two crucial moments in the creation of this monumental piece through archival materials such as sketches, photographs, film and audio fragments, newspapers, and paintings. First, Rivera's trip to Russia in 1927, which laid the ideological and aesthetic foundations evident in the first mural. And second, the creation and destruction of the fresco in New York, as well as the political ideas that nourished, motivated, and hindered the Mexican artist. Ninety years have passed since the destruction of the mural in New York and the creation of "Man Controller of the Universe" at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
- Contents:
- Diego Rivera y el imaginario ed la URSS en su obra muralista / Mariano Meza Marroquin
- El mural de la discordia / Lucienne Bloch
- Rivera y el mural El hombre controlador del universo en el Palacio de Bellas Artes, 1934 / Miguel Álvarez Cuevas
- El mural y su tiempo: visión de mundo y cultura visual en El hombre controlador del universo / Álvaro Vázquez Mantecón
- Lista catalográfica.
- Notes:
- "Red de museos" --Title Page.
- Published on the occasion of the exhibition held form June 26 to September 8, 2024 at the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.
- "ISBN: en trámite".
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 1495142670
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