Mexican Muralist, International Marxist

David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1941–74

Curtis Swope

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English

Manchester University Press
29 October 2024

History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs

David Alfaro Siqueiros was perhaps the most important communist painter of the twentieth century. This book, the first sustained engagement with Siqueiros's work in the English language, focuses on the artist's late murals, which are both aesthetically innovative and politically provocative. It places Siqueiros in an international context, revealing that the dogmatism he has been charged with was in reality a complex phenomenon. It provided a foundation for

rather than an obstacle to

his efforts to create an art embedded in the day-to-day concerns and theoretical debates of the world-wide mass movement he saw himself as a part of.

By: Curtis Swope
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 995g
ISBN: 9781526172655
ISBN 10: 1526172658
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 29 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Curtis Swope is a Professor of German at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

Reviews for Mexican Muralist, International Marxist: David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1941–74

‘A timely and important study, providing rich insight into Siqueiros’s place with international communist intellectual and visual culture.’ Professor Jennifer Jolly, Ithaca College 'Curtis Swope’s enthusiasm for his subject imbues every page. Probing Siqueiros’s engagement with wide-ranging international Marxist debates regarding ‘political’ art, the author deftly takes us through the artist’s development of an innovative war and post-war ‘modernist realism’.' Professor Robin Greeley, University of Connecticut -- .