...Stefano Bloch A series of retaining walls on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles have been used as platforms for traditional murals since 1975. Today, however, it is the “technically illegal” graffiti-murals on these same walls that have been tacitly tolerated if not outright accepted by the community...

...David Carey, Jr.; Walter E. Little In a nation that often silences them, Maya in Guatemala are increasingly expressing themselves through public murals. When teachers, artists, students, and other residents of San Juan Comalapa painted the history of their nation, town, and people, they portrayed...

..., and in murals and statues in banks, parks, and department stores from Wall Street to Rochester to Cincinnati. Because no agency would represent a black model, Hunter was forced to raise his own public profile and create work opportunities. He did so by emphasizing his authenticity as a performer of nonwhite...

.../Republican News; to the “Paint and Poster” campaign suggested by Bobby Sands;1 to support for the prisoners in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh. Danny is best known for his murals, which he began in the wake of the 1981 hunger strike and which became some of the world’s best-known examples of political art...

.... In terms of visual culture and resistance, numerous studies exist on the role artists have played in opposing and supporting various political movements. The South African struggle produced well-known works of literature, music, theater, and visual art, while the murals of Nicaragua and the conflict...

... the auspices of the Works Progress Administration from 1935 to 1943, sponsoring mural projects, art exhibitionsoutside of traditional museum and gallery spaces, and local Community Art Centers that served mil- lions of Americans as sites for the teaching, exhibition, and discussion of art. Fiercely...

... carpet and photo mural. Painting, 35 1/2 x 29”, including frame; carpet, 35” wide, variable length; brass plaque, 4 1/2 x 12”; photo mural, dimensions variable. The jarring juxtaposition of the two alternative media used in this work underscores the polarities of the divergent political...

... tells this story. It captures a mural that greets visitors at the entrance of the Daechuri Art and Peace Village in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, just outside of US Army Garrison Humphreys. In 2001, when the US Department of Defense (DOD) announced plans to expand the army base, Daechuri villagers launched...

... for different purposes. 04-RHR 81 Kropp.cs 8/31/01 2:10 PM Page 50 50 Radical History Review A notable early clash of these interpretations came in 1932, when the Plaza Art Center commissioned a mural from radical Mexican artist David...

.... 1866) can never become a citizen. 7. For example, during the New Deal mural programs, Fletcher Martin was unable to complete a mural showing an injured miner, whereas American artist Marion Greenwood, working in Mexico...

... numerous appearances in this issue. Stefano Bloch’s essay, presented in the issue as a curated space, examines why unsanctioned and technically illegal graffiti murals depicting rebellious chickens and Zapatistas, which in the past would have been clas- sified as vandalism, have been left undisturbed...

... produced vital theater for only 50 cents admission; thousands of artists produced easels, graphics, sculptures and murals which depicted every aspect of American life. These artists introduced millions of Americans to original works of art through government sponsored programs...

.... “I’ve been thinking,” she said, “about how access leads to stewardship.” That thought guided workshop activities, which included a trip to the lake, a print workshop, and a mural that Deal and participants painted and installed together in October 2010 in a community garden located a few houses...

... of Mexico. The importance of remembrance is evident throughout his discussion, from the covvidos and murals that recall the greatness and sadness of the Revolution to the ongoing strug- gle over the last three decades to recover truth, justice, and honor for the victims of the massacre...

... is completing a book manuscript on artist Ben Shahn’s New Deal murals and their representations of labor, social reform, and ethnicity. Mary Nolan is professor of history at New York University. She is the author of Visions of Modernity (1994...

... is completing a book manuscript on artist Ben Shahn’s New Deal murals and their representations of labor, social reform, and ethnicity. Mary Nolan is professor of history at New York University. She is the author of Visions of Modernity (1994...

... well established and was thus able to focus on his own work. Best known for his paintings, prints, and incised wood panels, he also produced sculp- ture and large public murals. His work is characterized by a synthesis of European modernism and African aesthetic traditions — both of which were...

.... Grandin’s heuristic use of debates within anthropology about questions of culture and identity is particularly intriguing, as is his innovative choice of mural art, films, testi- monies, and political documents to complement academic texts. The Indians of New Spain did not disappear with its...

... October 16 Film: "1877:The Grand Army of Starvation" Reading: Hasia Diner, Erin's Daughters irr America. October 19 Lecture: Occupied Mexico: Conquest October 21 Lecture: Occupied Mexico: Immigration October 23 Slides: The Chicano Mural Movement Reading: Americo Paredes...

.... These are not the peacelines that attract the tourists, however. It is the assertive walls, those with murals outlining “our” and “their” interpretations of the conflict that bring out the cameras of those attracted to Northern Ireland by our newfound accessibility and “peacetime prosperity.” And that, too, is ironic...