América Tropical: The Martyr Mural of Siqueiros (Preview)
Preview: Season 14 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
David Alfaro Siqueiros created Olvera Street’s popular mural with an innovative technique.
Mexican social realist painter David Alfaro Siqueiros created Olvera Street’s popular “América Tropical” mural introducing an innovative and unprecedented technique to muralism that required revolutionary techniques and materials. “America Tropical” is considered the most studied, white-washed mural in the United States, and in fact has inspired many contemporary muralists working today.
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América Tropical: The Martyr Mural of Siqueiros (Preview)
Preview: Season 14 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Mexican social realist painter David Alfaro Siqueiros created Olvera Street’s popular “América Tropical” mural introducing an innovative and unprecedented technique to muralism that required revolutionary techniques and materials. “America Tropical” is considered the most studied, white-washed mural in the United States, and in fact has inspired many contemporary muralists working today.
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It was the first and most controversial artwork in the history of this country.
-He was an activist artist and he never stopped.
-All the graffiti artists of today look to Siqueiros as the granddaddy of outdoor murals.
-For the Chicano movement, murals served as a very important instrument or tool to be able to reclaim our true core values of our people.
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