"American Tropical"

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This paper begins with a general discussion on three great 20th century Mexican-born muralists, namely, Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. It continues to discuss David Alfaro Siqueiros' life and his controversial Los Angeles mural "America Tropical", in particular. The author includes reasons for its unenthusiastic reception by Los Angeles leaders in 1932. The paper also explores its great impact on public art.

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"Arguably, Siqueiros's America Tropical has also been significant, within Los Angeles (and the United States), artistically; culturally; and expressionistically from the early 1930's on (even considering the quick and total censorship of it in 1932) because American Tropical was in fact the first large mural within the United States anywhere that was created specifically within public space, and public viewing, on a plain exterior public wall."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Conservation of America Tropical" The Getty, March 2006. Retrieved April 3, 006, from: <http://www.getty.edu/conservation/field_projects/siqueiros/ html>.
• Ebony, David. "Siqueiros mural rediscovered." Art in America. April, 2005. Retrieved April 3, 2006, from: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_4_93/ai_n13629207#continue.html>.
• "History of Los Angeles, California. Wikipedia. Retrieved April 3, 2006, from: < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Los_Angeles,_California.html>.
• Kropp, Phoebe S. "Citizens of the Past?: Olvera Street and the Construction of Race and Memory in 1930s Los Angeles" Radical History Review, 1 (Fall 2001). 35-60. Retrieved April 3, 2006, from: http://muse.jhu.edu.html>. /cgi-bin/access.cgi?uri=/journals/radical_history_review/v081/81.1kropp.pdf>."Mexico Information." Retrieved April 3, 2006, from: < http://www.riubambu.com/RIU_WEB_PAGES/MENU/MEXICO/MEXICO_INFORMATION/mexico_information.htm>
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