Siqueiros

Аннотация

In the years after the death of Siqueiros in 1974, in spite of his unquestioned artistic achievements, little notice had been taken of him by writers in the field of art. With the exception of Mario de Micheli, the articles of Raquel Tibol and a number of brief monographs by Mexican and American writers, Siqueiros’s importance and place in 20th century art has been largely ignored. Siqueiros was a painter of socialist conviction w ho, in his leadership of the Mexican Mural Movement, confronted the schools of abstract art rooted in capitalism . A force so strong and influential as that led by Siqueiros w as dangerous and had to be halted, at least if the predominant culture had any say in the matter. Yet, in spite of a literary art criticism blackout, especially in the United States, the genius and technical ability that his works revealed could not be denied: taking the top honors at the Venice Biennial in 1950, and the creation o f his final spectacular mural, The March of Humanity.