Colorized rendering of David Alfaro Siqueiros’ América Tropical, 1932, by © Luis Garza

Colorized rendering of David Alfaro Siqueiros’ América Tropical, 1932, by © Luis Garza. Courtesy of the Autry National Center.

Nov 2010–Jan 2011, Siqueiros in Los Angeles: Censorship Defied, The Autry National Center of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, Ca.

Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros was one of the greatest muralists of the twentieth century. Revolutionary in technique, content, and social comment, his work established Los Angeles as a key center for this public art form and started a movement that continues today. Organized by the Autry National Center in partnership with Legacy & Legend Productions, with loans of artworks and materials from major public and private collections throughout the United States and Mexico, this groundbreaking exhibition focuses on a turning point in the career of David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974), an artist who is world-famous (along with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco) as one of the three great Mexican mural painters of the 20th century.

Also at the Autry National Center:

Oaxacan Bazaar images

Oaxacan Bazaar images. Images courtesy of the Autry National Center.

Nov 20-21, Oaxacan Bazaar

This show and sale of Oaxacan folk art, Zapotec rugs and textiles, and fine handmade embroidery from Oaxaca, Mexico, includes continuous demonstrations in carving and painting by master carver Jacobo Angeles Ojeda. In the plaza by the Autry Store, shop from hundreds of Zapotec rugs in many sizes, priced for every buyer. Also enjoy the colorful variety of folk art and a wide selection of contemporary handmade embroidery. Dry and mountainous, Oaxaca is one of Mexico’s largest and poorest states, yet its folk art tradition is among the richest. Forms and designs are transmitted from one generation to another within a community. Among the folk art traditions of Oaxaca, weaving, woodcarving, and embroidery are some of the most colorful and collectible.

 

The Autry National Center, formed in 2003 by the merger of the Autry Museum of Western Heritage with the Southwest Museum of the American Indian and the Women of the West Museum, is an intercultural history center dedicated to exploring and sharing the stories, experiences, and perceptions of the diverse peoples of the American West. Located in Griffith Park, the Autry’s collection of over 500,000 pieces of art and artifacts, which includes the collection of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, is one of the largest and most significant in the United States.