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Diego Rivera’s America reintroduces Rivera to twenty-first century audiences by reinforcing the deep-rooted historical and cultural foundations between the neighboring countries that must be reexamined rather than overlooked. The content innovates within the field of art history as well as interdisciplinary fields like Chicana/o/x studies and Central American studies, analyzing Rivera’s perspective on America as an interconnected body of people, land, and culture beyond geopolitical borders." * Latin American and Latinx Visual Cultures *
Table of ContentsContents
FOREWORD
Neal Benezra
LENDERS TO THE EXHIBITION
INTRODUCTION
James Oles
DIEGO RIVERA’S CREATION:
SYNTHESIS FOR A NEW NATION
Sandra Zetina
FROM MURALS TO PAINTINGS:
SCENES OF EVERYDAY LIFE
James Oles
THE EMBROIDERER
James Oles
THE FLOWERED CANOE
Adriana Zavala
FROM MURALS TO PAINTINGS:
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
James Oles
THE OFFERING
Dafne Cruz Porchini
and James Oles
MURALS ON PAPER
James Oles
DIEGO RIVERA’S NEW AMERICAN ART:
SAN FRANCISCO, 1930–31
Maria Castro
DESIGNS FOR THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE
Rachel Kaplan
FRIDA KAHLO:
SAN FRANCISCO PORTRAITS, 1930–31
Adriana Zavala
DESIGNS FOR H.P.
Claire F. Fox
DIEGO RIVERA PAINTS THE PROLETARIAT
John Lear
THE RED SQUARES OF MANHATTAN
John Lear
STUDY FOR A MURAL
Rachel Kaplan
RIVERA IN THE STUDIO
James Oles
LUZ JIMÉNEZ, WEAVER
James Oles
GIRL IN BLUE AND WHITE
James Oles
SYMBOLIC LANDSCAPES
Dafne Cruz Porchini
and James Oles
DIEGO RIVERA’S PAN-AMERICA
Claire F. Fox
SELF-PORTRAITS IN SANTA BARBARA
James Oles
AFTER RIVERA: ICONOCLASTIC MESTIZAJE
Jennifer A. González
PRESERVING PAN AMERICAN UNITY
Michelle Barger and Kiernan Graves
Works in the Exhibition
Selected Reading
Acknowledgments
Image Credits
