LDR 101

As a first year student, there are several aspects of life that suddenly become real. Before we can enjoy the independence of adulthood we are flooded with responsibilities that may have been previously unthought of. Due to these drastic adjustments, there’s a misconception that young folk aren’t at a capacity to lead. But as I’ve …

The Great Wall of Los Angeles is a mural designed by Judith Baca. It was brought to fruition with the help of over four-hundred youth and community members. It depicts the history of California from prehistoric symbols such as dinosaurs to the culture of the 1950’s. The mural was started in 1974 parallel to the …

Posada was alive to witness the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz from the 1870’s to the 1900’s, so several of his works are satirical; critical of the porfiriato. In his engraving “Calavera de Don Folias y el Negrito” Posada depicts two couples around a grave within a cemetery. The couple on the left are Black and …

Rufino Tamayo’s “HOY”/ “TODAY” emulates European art forms such as Surrealism and Cubism to portray pre-columbian topics. The central figures are the mortified human and the devilish bird and dog. He uses few colors: yellow, blue, green, and red. The background and the foreground are very contrasting due to the artists use of yellow in …

Through her upbringing, Frida Kahlo has been exposed to several radical ideas of her time. She was raised during the turmoil of the Mexican Revolution and world wars. Kahlo’s painting “Marxism Will Give Health to the Sick”, is one of several famous self portraits and one of her last. For most of her life, she …

In the year 1947, Diego Rivera completed his mural “Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Central Park”. It was originally commissioned for a hotel, but after intense earthquakes the mural was moved to its own museum in Mexico. At this point in time, Rivera was in his fifties; the latest stage of his artistic career. …