Insurgent images

By Paul Buhle, Mike Alewitz, Sheen Martin

Subjects: Politics in art, Labor unions and art, American Mural painting and decoration, Mural painting and decoration, Themes, motives

Description: "The most prolific U.S. labor muralist since the 1940s, Alewitz follows the traditions of Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Siqueiros as well as the early painters of the Russian Revolution. With a demonstrated blend of artistic integrity and political commitment, Insurgent Images combines grand historical themes with enlivening detail, to illustrate the interplay between personality and event. Alewitz brings to this tradition his own rich sense of irony, humor, and fantasy to illuminate the hidden spaces where connections between the workforce of the U.S. and its extended relatives across the planet are to be found."--BOOK JACKET.