Muralism Without Walls
Feb 23, 2010, 18:00
Renato Gonzalez Melo and Robert Storr on Mexican Muralism
Tuesday,
February 23, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.
Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York,
NY
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Muralism without Walls: Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros in the United
States, 1927-1940 by Anna Indych-López (University of Pittsburgh
Press)
Speakers: Renato González Mello (Professor and
Researcher at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) and Robert
Storr (Dean of the School of Art at Yale University). Moderated by Anna
Indych-López (Associate Professor at The City College of New York and
The Graduate Center, CUNY)
By considering the visual construction of the Mexican Revolution, 1930s
exhibition culture, and portable frescoes, Muralism without Walls
investigates how U.S. perceptions of Mexican cultural identity shaped
the muralists’ creative processes and politics. The exhibition will
also explore the aesthetic and social histories of the murals
themselves.
