Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-1940 - Rilegato

Locke, Adrian

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ISBN 10: 1907533303 ISBN 13: 9781907533303

Casa editrice: Royal Academy of Arts, 2013

Riassunto

In the first half of the 20th century, Mexico was home to a burgeoning of art comparable in energy to the political revolution that shook the country between 1910 and 1920. This surge of artistic activity is the subject of this compelling new book, which presents the work of Mexican artists—from the social-realist painters Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros to the photographers Agustín Jiménez and Manuel Álvarez Bravo—alongside that of their international contemporaries, figures as diverse as Philip Guston, Josef and Anni Albers, and Edward Burra.
Illustrated with some 150 striking images, Adrian Locke’s incisive text explores the artistic documentation of the dramatic changes wrought by the revolution, the government’s role in employing artists to promote its reforms, the emergence of a native modernism, and the remarkable contribution of European and American artists and intellectuals, including Eisenstein, Trotsky, and André Breton, to Mexico’s cultural renaissance.

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L'autore:

Adrian Locke is a curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. He co-curated the Aztecs exhibition at the Royal Academy in 2002.

Product Description:

Physical description; 224 p.: ill. (some col.); decorated endpapers; 27 cm. Notes; Colls. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Royal Academy of Arts (London), 6 July - 29 Sept. 2013. Bibliography: p. [210]-214. Contents; Partial contents Appendix: Edward Burra: El Paso (1935) or El Paseo (c. 1938)? Summary; In 1910, revolution brought years of instability to Mexico but, in its aftermath, the artistic community flourished under state sponsored programmes designed to promote the ideals of the new regime. This exhibition brings together work by Mexican artists at the forefront of the artistic movement including Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and José Clemente Orozco. Also on display is work by international artists and intellectuals who were drawn to the country by its political aspirations and the opportunities afforded to artists. Among them were Marsden Hartley, Josef Albers, Edward Burra, Paul Strand, Henri Cartier-Bresson, André Breton and Robert Capa. 'Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-1940' reveals a cultural renaissance that drew in some of the most seminal figures of the 20th century, all of whom were inspired by the same subject: Mexico. -- RA website. Subjects; Burra, Edward John 1905-1976. Art, Mexican - 20th century - Exhibitions. Art and state - Mexico - History - 20th century - Exhibitions. Mexico - History - Revolution, 1910-1920 - Art and the revolution - Exhibitions. Mexico - Politics and government - 1910-1946 - Exhibitions. MEXICAN ART - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 20TH CENTURY. Mexico - Views. Art, Mexican - 20th century - 1910s-1940s.

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• Editore: Royal Academy of Arts
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1907533303
• ISBN 13: 9781907533303
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 221