Image: Jackson Pollock, (1912-1956) Untitled, (Bald Woman with Skeleton) 1938-1941, Oil on smooth side of Masonite attached to stretcher, 20”x24”, Collection of Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, #2006.93, Purchased through the Miriam and Sidney Stoneman Acquisitions Fund ©2010 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Opening reception February 12, 6 – 8 pm
Exhibition runs through August 1, 2010

Programs: English / Spanish

This unique exhibition examines the influence of Mexican muralists on U.S. visual culture and the subsequent re-invention of the mural movement in the U.S. Artists from east to west gleaned inspiration from the Mexican mural in numerous ways. Some of the artists visited Mexico for months, while others stayed a lifetime and became Mexican citizens.

Esta exhibición única en su género examina la influencia que tuvo el movimiento muralista mexicano en la cultura visual de los Estados Unidos. Los artistas de la costa este y oeste de los Estado Unidos se inspiraron en los murales mexicano en un sín numero de formas. Mientras algunos artistas visitaron México por meses solamente, otros, por el contrario, permanecieron allí el resto de sus vidas hasta convertirse en ciudadanos.

Curated by Amy Galpin

Save the date!
SYMPOSIUM
Mexican Muralism and its U.S. Influences: Saturday, May 15th
10am - 2pm   Reservations (312) 738.1503 ext 3937 or ahernandez@nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org

This public symposium will feature some of North America’s foremost experts on Mexican art in a lively discussion on the muralist movement in Mexico, its effect on U.S. artists, and this lasting legacy.

Charles Alston (1907-1977)
Victor Arnautoff (1896-1979)
George Biddle (1885-1973)
John Biggers (1924-2001)
Lucienne Bloch (1909-1999)
Margaret Burroughs (b. 1917)
Elizabeth Catlett (b.1919)
Jean Charlot (1898-1979)
Eleanor Coen (b.1916)
Howard Cook (1901-1980)
Marion Greenwood (1909-1970)
Xavier Guerrero (1896-1974)
Judithe Hernández (b.1948)
Everett Gee Jackson (1900-1995)
Barbara Latham (1896-1989)
Leopoldo Mendez (1902-1969)
Francisco G. Mendoza (b.1958)
Edward Millman (1907-1964)
Tina Modotti (1896-1942)
Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988)

Pablo O’Higgins (1904-1983
José Clemente Orozco, (1883-1949)
Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998)
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Alfredo Ramos Martinez (1871-1946)
Milton Rogovin (b.1909)
Rosendo Salazar (1888-1971)
Ben Shahn (1898-1969)
Bernard Silberstein (1846-1922)
David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974)
Mitchel Sporin (1910-1976)
Philip Stein (1919-2009)
Morris Topchevsky (1899-1947)
Alex Topp (1911-1999)
Edward Weston (1886-1958)
Charles H. White (1918-1979)
Hale Woodruff (1900-1980)
Mariana Yampolsky (1925-2002)
Bernard Baruch Zakheim (1896-1985)
Alfredo Zalce (1908-2003)