Discussion I Mexicanizing

Abstract Expressionism

As Laurance P. Hurlburt showed in the 1970's and Anna Indych-LÃ³pez in 2007, David Alfaro Siqueiros' experimental workshop in New York City in 1936 allowed young American artists, famously Jackson Pollock, to make art using various non-conventional techniques and media. Pollock himself hailed JosÃ© Clemente Orozco's mural "Prometheus" - the first Mexican mural in the U.S - as "the best painting in the contemporary world" and visited Dartmouth College to see it, six years prior, in 1930.

Post an image of your favorite painting by Jackson Pollock and analyze it in light of the techniques, media and visual elements discussed in Hurlburt and Indych-LÃ³pez. Write a proofread post (max. 350 words) that responds to the question: To what extent is your favorite Pollock using, or not using the techniques and media discussed in the texts. Refer directly to the weekly material in your analysis, adding two (2) direct citations (quoted sentences with source references) to the post to strengthen and support your viewpoint.

Art Project I Propaganda Poster with an Artist Manifesto

For this project, choose a cause you believe in and conduct research on it using JSTOR, ProQuest and ARSTOR on our library site to have at least three credible, scholarly sources for your project.

You may use the Muralists ("The Three Great Ones:" Orozco, Rivera and Siqueiros, the less known female artists known for their murals, Maria Izquirdo and the first woman Muralist in Mexico, Aurora Reyes Flores as your inspiration, or you may choose to take the better-known Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo's work as your inspiration, in addition to your favorite Mexican artists working during 1925-1950.

For the poster, use both text and images to create a compelling billboard for your message.

Once you've completed your artwork, take a picture (or save it as a .jpg or .mov file) and post it below. As the written component, add an Artist Manifesto (c. 500 words) on the importance of your cause and your approach to it, referring to your three scholarly sources in it (with footnotes or in-text citations).

Discussion I Mexicanizing Abstract Expressionism As Laurance...