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esta contribución es redactada en: englisch (eng/en)

artistas: David Siqueiros

título: Advocacy for the future victory of medical science against cancer. The Historical Parallel between the Scientific Revolution and the Social Revolution

año: 1958. Withdrawn 1985, reinstalled 1997

dirección: Centro médico del siglo XXI, hospital de oncología, Av. Cuauhtémoc with Baja California, Col. Doctores, Del. Cuauhtémoc, México D.F.

+: Mural, acrylic on plywood, 2.42 x 26.23 m.

«As a site-specific public mural painting, the composition was related to the low-ceilinged architecture of its location. In the process Siqueiros also created an intriguing manipulation of the pictorial space through the exploitation of optical illusion, engaging the spectator and promoting the need to move to different viewing positions in order to absorb the full impact of the work. However, for his audience, who were relatives of cancer patients, or those themselves awaiting diagnosis or treatment, the rhetoric of the mural was deeply inappropriate.» (Rochfort, 1993)

[…] The mural had to be taken down following irreparable damage to the building in the mexican earthquake of 1985 and was reinstalled in a multistory hall of the new entrance building of the Medical Center.

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