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Cathryn Jijón

is a PhD student in art history at the Graduate Center, CUNY.

Vida Americana and the Promise of “America”

By Cathryn Jijón

Vida Americana attempts to reorient art history by exploring how Mexican muralists, through their travels in the United States, influenced artists working in the US.

José Clemente Orozco, <em>Barricade (Barricada)</em>, 1931. Oil on canvas, 55 × 45 inches. Museum of Modern Art, New York; given anonymously. © 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City. Image © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY.
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