ARTISTIC MODERNISM AS NATIONALISM IN THE PERIPHERY: CANADA AND MEXICO

This paper presents a socio-historical and comparative critique of two early modern art movements in Canada and Mexico. The paper examines Diego Rivera and the 'Tres Grandes' and Lawren Harris and the 'Group of Seven' with reference to Pierre Bourdieu's analytic framework. I...

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Published in:International review of modern sociology 2005-04, Vol.31 (1), p.81-105
Main Author: BURNS, JANET M.C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Art education
Art exhibitions
Art galleries
Art genres and movements
Art Works
Canada
Center and Periphery
Mexico
Modern art
Modernist art
Modernity
Murals
Nationalism
Political revolutions
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Summary:This paper presents a socio-historical and comparative critique of two early modern art movements in Canada and Mexico. The paper examines Diego Rivera and the 'Tres Grandes' and Lawren Harris and the 'Group of Seven' with reference to Pierre Bourdieu's analytic framework. I argue that both artistic movements originate in the nationalist agendas of political and economic elites despite the artistic ideologies to the contrary. A comparison of these two cases illuminates not only an interesting cross-national coincidence but also an unusual source and use of nationalism.
ISSN:0973-2047
0970-4841
0973-2047