~ David Alfaro Siqueiros (1933)
David Alfaro Siqueiros, "Después De La Grand Tormenta [After the Great Storm]"
(1966); pyroxolin on masonite, 12" x 18"
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Links:
- The Artist as Activist: David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896 - 1974)
- David Alfaro Siqueiros at Humanities Web
- David Alfaro Siqueiros at MoMA
- Philip Stein's biography, Siqueiros: His Life and Works
- David Alfaro Siqueiros at Wikipedia
It is interesting to note that 75 years after his statement about freeing art from oppression (and 34 years after his death), many images of Siqueiros' work have been removed from the web at the request of a "copyright collective" which presents itself as "an artists [sic] rights organization." Siqueiros may have been on to something when, in 1922, he wrote "We repudiate so-called easel painting and every kind of art favored by the ultra-intellectual circles, because it is aristocratic and we praise monumental art in all its forms, because it is public property."
2 comments:
I can't help but wonder after the decades long campaign to supress his work if the "copywrites campaign" isn't a continuation of those efforts rather than a legitimate action by his estate to protect their rights.
thank you share so interesting article,,,,
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