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- Title
PUBLIC ART AT THE GLOBAL CROSSROADS: THE POLITICS OF PLACE IN 1930S LOS ANGELES.
- Authors
Schrank, Sarah
- Abstract
The article discusses the relationship between art and place in Los Angeles, California in the 1930s. It focuses on public art, commenting on the work of Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jewish American painter Myer Shaffer, and Italian-American immigrant architect Sabato Rodia. The author particularly examines Siqueiros' mural "América Tropical" and Rodia's artistic construction known as the Watts Towers. The role of the U.S. Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the U.S. Federal Arts Project in funding projects is noted. The author also explores political themes, race relations, and labor practices in civic artwork.
- Subjects
LOS Angeles (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; PLACE (Philosophy) in art; PUBLIC art; MUNICIPAL art; AMERICAN mural painting &; decoration; SIQUEIROS, David Alfaro, 1898-1974; SHAFFER, Myer; RODIA, Simon, 1879-1965; SIMON Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.); LABOR in art; ART &; race
- Publication
Journal of Social History, 2010, Vol 44, Issue 2, p435
- ISSN
0022-4529
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/jsh.2010.0046