{"product_id":"at-the-crossroads-catha-paquette-9781477311004","title":"At the Crossroads: Diego Rivera and His Patrons at Moma, Rockefeller Center, and the Palace of Fine Arts","description":"\u003cp\u003eCollaborations during the Great Depression between the Mexican artist and Communist activist Diego Rivera and institutions in the United States and Mexico were fraught with risk, as the artist occasionally deviated from course, serving and then subverting his patrons. Catha Paquette investigates controversies surrounding Rivera's retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, his Rockefeller Center mural \u003ci\u003eMan at the Crossroads\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Mexican government's commissioning of its reconstruction at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City. She proposes that both the artist and his patrons were using art for extraordinary purposes, leveraging clarity and ambiguity to weigh in on debates concerning labor policies and speech rights; relations between the United States, Mexico, and the Soviet Union; and the viability of capitalism, communism, and socialism. Rivera and his patrons' shared interest in images of labor--a targeted audience--made cooperative ventures possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recounting Rivera's shifts in strategy from collaboration\/exploitation to antagonism\/conflict, Paquette highlights the extent to which the artist was responding to politico-economic developments and facilitating alignment\/realignment among leftist groups for and against Stalin. Although the artwork that resulted from these instances of patronage had the potential to serve conflicting purposes, Rivera's images and the protests that followed the destruction of the Rockefeller Center mural were integral to a surge in oppositional expression that effected significant policy changes in the United States and Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catha Paquette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477311009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477311004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Catha Paquette","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985709564159,"sku":"9781477311004","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c6de0eb-b483-4e20-ab00-a579df7494a6.jpg?v=1683279106","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/at-the-crossroads-catha-paquette-9781477311004","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}