Abstract
Latin American Wall Painting in Social-Political Perspective
The Mexican muralism generated in Latin America can be considered as one of the most appropriate examples proving the fact which the art reflects the society and the period in which it was created.
While the...
Abstract
Latin American Wall Painting in Social-Political Perspective
The Mexican muralism generated in Latin America can be considered as one of the most appropriate examples proving the fact which the art reflects the society and the period in which it was created.
While the idea of art being created unconcerned to any has long been gone, every artful action generated by mankind being influenced by extrinsic factors including social and political matters of its time is becoming a growing factor through both art and human history.
The Mexican muralism is not just any cultural art movement. It is connected directly to the political matters to be exact. It is the effort to clean up the messes left behind the colonial era, to rebuild its historical viewpoint, and more importantly, to capture the people’s spirits developed through the Mexican revolution into the culture that has the principle of the nation.
In order to establish the ideology, along with the homogeneous social consciousness to be shared by every Mexican citizen, the movement was triggered by the nation. In other words, it was the perfect, yet clear accordance of artful and political objectives. Through art, Mexicans were able to not only resist, but also exposure the irrational and the suppressed violence. Although the mass appeal of art was important factor, murals as the form fit better due to the high illiteracy rate of Latin America of that time, as well as for its purpose of indemnification for its long history of sufferings.
Ever since the discovery of the cave of Altamira and Lascaux, we, humans, are well aware of the fact how much the wall paintings mean in terms of publicness. For its characteristics, the Mexican muralists have chosen it as their medium to wake public awareness.
Art reflect not only the social spirits and political matters, but more significantly, it also captures the ideologies of its time. Artist who is trying to express the social messages through his or her artworks means the awareness of him or herself being a member of the society. Sociality within the art is not just issue of art itself and its own category. It should mean much more than that. Art being used as a method of expressing oneself or telling one’s story is no surprising feature of current Post-modernism movement.
The Mexican muralists made a huge effort creating story telling public artworks in which holds the moral. To settle down the unfortunate past, and to establish social and economic principles, they took the role of propagandist. The Mexican murals took no small yet critical function to infuse the public consciousness. The reappraises and the rediscoveries of Aztec and Mayan culture are consequences of these exertions and circumstances of its period.
An artist visualizes ideas using choice of mediums in a way he or she is best at. And it is safe to assume that the artwork itself is consists of historical aspects and social attributes, instead of saying that the artwork is just a work of artist’s own and no other. According to the stated factors in related to art and social issue, as well as the characteristics of murals, significances of the Mexican Muralism are concluded as followings.
First, the Mexican muralism is the first massive art movement begun from top to bottom as the enlightenment that inspire public consciousness in the form of art movement. It was the period of transition for Mexico, when political and ideologic conflicts occurred everywhere, and the ruling powers were changing. The Mexican government took political controls and reformed the society through art. As a way of delivering the moral messages, as well as, infusing the people’s consciousness, the art movement was recognized as a political measure. This type of art movements that feature the spreading of messages is well explained in related to the social realism. At the same time, it influenced Korean popular arts in some ways.
Second, the Mexican muralism has Post modernism characteristics in contrast to the other Modernism movements that were occurred in other countries between 1920’s and 1930’s. This meant the severance of European modernism of that time, and had new attributes that were revolutionary, enlightening, and popular. As mentioned previously, Orozco, Ribera, and Siqueiros did not just ignorantly accept the Modernism, but with critical discernment, and unfolded and developed as a distinctive art movement that were suitable to Mexico.
Third, the Mexican muralism has very important meaning in terms of Art history, as the beginning of the Post-modernism. As previously mentioned, the murals with mythological subjects often and often occurs throughout Latin America. Mythology does help establishing the ethnic identity. Yet, it is chosen for a fact that it is simply a good subject matter for telling stories and moral messages. Present arts categorized in Post-modernism are demanding a means of communication. This sort of feature was already present in the Mexican muralism. Post-modernism also shares its characteristic of Deindividuation with the Mexican muralism. The idea of public art which murals have in common tells that they are for the majority of people, not just for certain to have in possession. Those, who made an effort to create public art in earnest during 1980’s, shared the same strategy of transforming art in public area to art as public area, and it was heralded by the Mexican muralism during 1920’s and 1930’s in Latin America.
Lastly, grafting methodological consideration, such as frescos and wax murals into modern works made a significant leap in terms of art mediums. Its keen interests from the pigment to wax to fresco lead the expansion to the mediums other than the oil paintings which were widely used. During that period, it was mostly oil on canvas in countries of Europe, and as well as America. Thanks to them, Artists nowadays have varieties of mediums to express their artistic views and enjoys the revolution of art techniques.
As stated above, the legacy left by Mexican muralism in the art history and the society, still exists, not just for people of its time. Pursuit for the consciousness revolution by putting common consciousness, political aspects, and historical meaning in the murals is what it is. For an artist, social background may give birth to a new kind of art. At the same time, art may lead society to reform or to change. This relationship between the society and art keeps continuing to interact and develop together.
Abstract
Latin American Wall Painting in Social-Political Perspective
The Mexican muralism generated in Latin America can be considered as one of the most appropriate examples proving the fact which the art reflects the society and the period in which it was created.
While the idea of art being created unconcerned to any has long been gone, every artful action generated by mankind being influenced by extrinsic factors including social and political matters of its time is becoming a growing factor through both art and human history.
The Mexican muralism is not just any cultural art movement. It is connected directly to the political matters to be exact. It is the effort to clean up the messes left behind the colonial era, to rebuild its historical viewpoint, and more importantly, to capture the people’s spirits developed through the Mexican revolution into the culture that has the principle of the nation.
In order to establish the ideology, along with the homogeneous social consciousness to be shared by every Mexican citizen, the movement was triggered by the nation. In other words, it was the perfect, yet clear accordance of artful and political objectives. Through art, Mexicans were able to not only resist, but also exposure the irrational and the suppressed violence. Although the mass appeal of art was important factor, murals as the form fit better due to the high illiteracy rate of Latin America of that time, as well as for its purpose of indemnification for its long history of sufferings.
Ever since the discovery of the cave of Altamira and Lascaux, we, humans, are well aware of the fact how much the wall paintings mean in terms of publicness. For its characteristics, the Mexican muralists have chosen it as their medium to wake public awareness.
Art reflect not only the social spirits and political matters, but more significantly, it also captures the ideologies of its time. Artist who is trying to express the social messages through his or her artworks means the awareness of him or herself being a member of the society. Sociality within the art is not just issue of art itself and its own category. It should mean much more than that. Art being used as a method of expressing oneself or telling one’s story is no surprising feature of current Post-modernism movement.
The Mexican muralists made a huge effort creating story telling public artworks in which holds the moral. To settle down the unfortunate past, and to establish social and economic principles, they took the role of propagandist. The Mexican murals took no small yet critical function to infuse the public consciousness. The reappraises and the rediscoveries of Aztec and Mayan culture are consequences of these exertions and circumstances of its period.
An artist visualizes ideas using choice of mediums in a way he or she is best at. And it is safe to assume that the artwork itself is consists of historical aspects and social attributes, instead of saying that the artwork is just a work of artist’s own and no other. According to the stated factors in related to art and social issue, as well as the characteristics of murals, significances of the Mexican Muralism are concluded as followings.
First, the Mexican muralism is the first massive art movement begun from top to bottom as the enlightenment that inspire public consciousness in the form of art movement. It was the period of transition for Mexico, when political and ideologic conflicts occurred everywhere, and the ruling powers were changing. The Mexican government took political controls and reformed the society through art. As a way of delivering the moral messages, as well as, infusing the people’s consciousness, the art movement was recognized as a political measure. This type of art movements that feature the spreading of messages is well explained in related to the social realism. At the same time, it influenced Korean popular arts in some ways.
Second, the Mexican muralism has Post modernism characteristics in contrast to the other Modernism movements that were occurred in other countries between 1920’s and 1930’s. This meant the severance of European modernism of that time, and had new attributes that were revolutionary, enlightening, and popular. As mentioned previously, Orozco, Ribera, and Siqueiros did not just ignorantly accept the Modernism, but with critical discernment, and unfolded and developed as a distinctive art movement that were suitable to Mexico.
Third, the Mexican muralism has very important meaning in terms of Art history, as the beginning of the Post-modernism. As previously mentioned, the murals with mythological subjects often and often occurs throughout Latin America. Mythology does help establishing the ethnic identity. Yet, it is chosen for a fact that it is simply a good subject matter for telling stories and moral messages. Present arts categorized in Post-modernism are demanding a means of communication. This sort of feature was already present in the Mexican muralism. Post-modernism also shares its characteristic of Deindividuation with the Mexican muralism. The idea of public art which murals have in common tells that they are for the majority of people, not just for certain to have in possession. Those, who made an effort to create public art in earnest during 1980’s, shared the same strategy of transforming art in public area to art as public area, and it was heralded by the Mexican muralism during 1920’s and 1930’s in Latin America.
Lastly, grafting methodological consideration, such as frescos and wax murals into modern works made a significant leap in terms of art mediums. Its keen interests from the pigment to wax to fresco lead the expansion to the mediums other than the oil paintings which were widely used. During that period, it was mostly oil on canvas in countries of Europe, and as well as America. Thanks to them, Artists nowadays have varieties of mediums to express their artistic views and enjoys the revolution of art techniques.
As stated above, the legacy left by Mexican muralism in the art history and the society, still exists, not just for people of its time. Pursuit for the consciousness revolution by putting common consciousness, political aspects, and historical meaning in the murals is what it is. For an artist, social background may give birth to a new kind of art. At the same time, art may lead society to reform or to change. This relationship between the society and art keeps continuing to interact and develop together.
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