Open AccessUniversal Constructivism and Politics: Torres-García in Conversation with Siqueiros
Author(s) -
Gianmarco Visconti
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
constellations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-0509
DOI - 10.29173/cons21382
Subject(s) - garcia , conversation , politics , constructivism (international relations) , latin americans , argument (complex analysis) , sociology , context (archaeology) , left wing politics , identity (music) , modernism (music) , epistemology , aesthetics , humanities , media studies , political science , history , art , philosophy , law , archaeology , international relations , communication , biochemistry , chemistry
This essay seeks to extend the discussion of 20th-century Modernism in a Latin American context by juxtaposing the work of Uruguay's Joaquín Torres-García with the radical leftist politics of the Mexican Muralist movement. As part of this argument, the difference between textual and visual language is discussed as well as the role of monuments in the creation of history and cultural identity. Finally, it concludes with a brief talk on the visual culture of Fascist Italy and the issue of mapping as it pertains to nationalistic sentiment.