Mexican Modern Art 1910 - 1950 (35)


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Source: WTL photograph© at the Special Exhibition of "Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism 1910 - 1950," at the Philadelphia Art Museum, December 13, 2016.
Image: "Mexico City" (1949) by Juan O'Gorman (1905-82). Tempera on masonite.
Comments: By 1949 and into the decade of the 1950s and beyond, Mexico, and, in particular, the capital began to assert themselves as a fully modern nation and metropolis, which reality and attidude are testified to by this painting.
For a more thorough presentation of Juan O'Gorman and one of his most iconic works, see his murals on the library at Mexico's national university (UNAM): => O'Gorman.
Also, see, in this series: => Modern Mexican Art Page #22.
For other works by Tamayo and commentaries about his life and career in this series: see: => Page #10; => Page #33; and => Page #36.
For a focus on the mise en abyme (i.e., art work within art work within art work) detail in the lower right quadrant, see: => Modern Mexican Art #35a.
Humanities Question: Describe and analyze the artist's use of mise en abyme as seen in this full view of this painting. Actually, in order to answer this question, you will need to take a closer look at the detail in #35a including its respective question.


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