That work, set in the jungle around a Mayan ruin, is Tropical America.
While in Los Angeles, this artist was commissioned to paint a work for the Plaza Art Center which shows a crucifixion scene where a gold-brown eagle is perched on top of the cross. That work, set in the jungle around a Mayan ruin, is Tropical America. In a self-portrait, this man wears a red toga and throws his fist forward, showing bits of smeared paint on his fingers. Tiny worshippers lift up their arms as a monster crashes through the roof in this man's The Devil in the Church. A metal falcon, generals and businessmen in gas masks, and a pile of gold appear around a machine feeding blood to an octopus in this artist's Portrait of the Bourgeoisie. In another work by this artist, a giant head (*) produces a baby from its mouth above a field of metal scraps. This painter's Stalinist politics led him on an unsuccessful mission to assassinate Trotsky in 1940. For 10 points, name this muralist whose The March of Humanity decorates the inside of his namesake Polyforum in Mexico City.
While in Los Angeles, this artist was commissioned to paint a work for the Plaza Art Center which shows a crucifixion scene where a gold-brown eagle is perched on top of the cross.
David Alfaro Siqueiros