'Mexico at the Museo' Jul 15, 2008
Featured artists include Jos; Ju;rez, Crist;bal de Villalpando, Hermenegildo Bustos, Jos; Mar;a Velasco, Rufino Tamayo, Diego Rivera, Jos; Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Juan Soriano, Jorge Gonz;lez Camarena and Jes;s de la Helguera. In "Escultura Social" (July 31 to Oct. 26, 2008), all aspects of popular culture and their influence on art will be examined. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Portrait of a Mexican muralist only scratches the surface/only goes skin deep Oct 18, 2007
Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros sparked the Mexican mural movement of the 1920s that ultimately captured the imaginations of Depression-era American artists. From his savaging of the upper class in "Banquet of The Rich," at the National Preparatory School, in Mexico City, to his epic "Man of Fire," in the Hospicio Caba as, in Guadalajara, Orozco - who lived through the Mexican Revolution and both world wars - strove to convey humanity's struggle to get past its garish and... (Boston Globe)
'American Masters' draws viewers into world of Mexican muralists Sep 16, 2007
Mention important Mexican muralists of the past century and three names come to mind: Diego Rivera (1886-1957), Jose Clemente Orozco (1883-1949) and David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974). Rivera is certainly the best known, but "Orozco: Man of Fire," which debuts at 9 p.m. Wednesday on WQED, should help to ease that imbalance. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920-1950 Jul 5, 2007
He was the greatest among a large group of artists who wholeheartedly threw themselves into the production of murals and prints such as Rufino Tamayo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jose Clemente Orozco, Frida Kahlo, and more mythologizing Mexicos past, critiquing its present, and pointing to its future. Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920- 1950, on view in Phoenix Art Museums Steele Gallery July 1, 2007 September 16, 2007, is the first comprehensive exhibition... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Missing Mexican mural may be in Mexico, not China: expert Apr 16, 2007
She said at least one painting by Mexican painter Mario Orozco Rivera was confiscated by the government, because it criticized the jailing of muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros. Source: Xinhua. (People's Daily Online, China)
Winner, Best Adapted Landscape Feb 18, 2007
In a rare opportunity for today's Americans to see the works of Rufino Tamayo, a contemporary and sometimes challenger of muralists Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art opened the U.S. debut this weekend of "Tamayo: A Modern Icon Reinterpreted," the exhibition outside of Mexico in 27 years. Tamayo, "The Fourth Great One," was too young to be a part of the Mexican Muralism movement's heroic phase of the 1920s. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
