MANTON FOUNDATION ANNUAL OROZCO LECTURE

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“José Clemente Orozco and the Epic of ‘Greater America’” Mary Coffey, Associate Professor of Art History, Dartmouth

When

Thursday, May 23, 2019
4:00-5:00PM

Where

Gilman Auditorium at the Hood Museum of Art

sponsor

Hood Museum of Art

Intended Audience(s)

Public

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Professor Coffey will situate José Clemente Orozco’s Epic of American Civilization (1932–34) at Dartmouth within debates over the American epic in the 1930s. In particular, she will demonstrate how Orozco deliberately counters the popularization of Manifest Destiny ideology through the structure and subject matter of his mural. Her talk will not only resituate Mexican muralism within US American debates over history and identity but also suggest the many ways Orozco’s Epic speaks to our contemporary political moment and the radical politics of Latinidad.

For more information, contact:

Sharon Reed
sharon.l.reed@dartmouth.edu

Permanent URL: https://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=55552

Categories: Arts, Exhibitions, Lectures & Seminars

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