Murals Under the Stars: the Return of Los Tres Grandes
Join Verizon and the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) in celebrating Murals Under the Stars: the Return of Los Tres Grandes. This year’s featured artists are Siqueiros, Rivera and Orozco, the great Mexican Muralists of the 20th century. MOLAA will project life size works by each of these artists on an 1,800 square foot wall. These events are some of the most exciting outdoor artistic experiences in Southern California.
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David Alfredo Siqueiros
Sunday July 31, 2011
One of the great artists of the 20th century and a founder of the Mexican Muralist movement, David Alfaro Siqueiros created inspired, monumental art in the midst of social action and turmoil. His art was linked to his politics, and he alternated artistic creativity with political action. Siqueiros was imprisoned 22 times, exiled or deported from Mexico, Spain, Argentina and the United States. He was a soldier of the Mexican Revolution and again in the Civil War of Spain.
He created murals and paintings of great originality and power and championed the use of new material and techniques. He was a brilliant polemicist and art theoretician and was profoundly influential in the evolution of art in the 20th century.
Diego Rivera
Sunday August 7, 2011
Diego Rivera was born in Guanajuato, Mexico in 1886. He discovered his vocation early and as a teenager studied in the prestigious school of San Carlos. He would later live in Europe for nearly 15 years and befriend personalities such as Pablo Picasso and Modigliani. Upon his return to Mexico after the 1921 revolution, Diego Rivera and his colleagues, Jose Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros became the leaders of the muralist movement that would have a definitive impact in Mexico and abroad.
Diego Rivera, a giant of 20th century art, redefined modern Mexican art and culture with his monumental murals. New hi-definition images with amazing details of Rivera’s murals—the fertility figures of Chapingo, the machines of Detroit Industry and others will be presented.
Jose Clemente Orozco
Sunday August 14, 2011
One of the best artists of the Mexican avant-garde, Orozco studied in the San Carlos Academy in Mexico. From the very beginning of his career he depicted the revolution in his work, always depicting political and social themes in his great murals. He used a heroic style rooted in an expressionist realism; linked to the old Mexican artistic tradition. His works are full of violent dynamism.
Unlike Rivera and Siqueiros, Orozco never fell into the ideological traps. He always distrusted anything political and maintained his independence. This attitude stemmed from the many years he was a political cartoonist. This activity forced him to become an astute observer and critic of society and politics. Curator Gregorio Luke will show Orozco’s amazing murals from Guadalajara, Mexico City and Dartmouth.
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