Envisioning the Revolution: Art and the Creation of Mexico’s Communist Party

IF 1.7 Q2 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Stephanie J. Smith
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This article analyzes the interactions of artists, Mexico’s Communist Party, or the Partido Comunista Mexicano (pcm), and the Mexican state within the context of Mexico’s vibrant post-revolutionary era. Although during these early years the Party’s official membership numbers remained relatively minimal, this article argues that the extraordinary influence of Mexico’s creative participants on the politics of the period was significant. During the 1920s the pcm derived a great deal of prestige from its association with art and the muralists, including Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, and as a result Mexico’s lively political and artistic scene attracted the attention of writers, photographers, artists, and intellectuals from all over the world. Art and politics intertwined as artists played major roles in political affairs, and politicians appropriated the arts to transmit the “official” national history. Indeed, during these exhilarating years, the artists and the pcm built a powerful coalition, and one whose influence endured long beyond the 1920s.
憧憬革命:艺术与墨西哥共产党的创建
本文分析了在墨西哥充满活力的后革命时代背景下,艺术家、墨西哥共产党(Partido Comunista Mexicano (pcm))和墨西哥政府之间的互动。虽然在这些早期,该党的正式党员人数相对较少,但本文认为,墨西哥的创意参与者对当时的政治产生了非凡的影响。20 世纪 20 年代,墨西哥共产党因其与艺术和壁画家(包括迭戈-里维拉和大卫-阿尔法罗-西凯洛斯)的联系而声名鹊起,因此墨西哥活跃的政治和艺术场景吸引了世界各地作家、摄影师、艺术家和知识分子的关注。艺术与政治交织在一起,艺术家在政治事务中扮演着重要角色,而政治家则利用艺术来传播 "官方 "的国家历史。事实上,在这些令人兴奋的岁月里,艺术家和公知建立了一个强大的联盟,其影响力在 20 世纪 20 年代之后仍长期存在。
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Journal of Labor and Society
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