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The Working Class (detail)
Artist / Origin: José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, 1883–1949)
Region: Mesoamerica, Central America, and the Caribbean
Date: 1926
Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE
Material: Fresco
Medium: Painting
Location: Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico
Credit: © ARS, NY/ SOMAAP, Mexico City. Courtesy of Schalkwijk/Art Resource, NY
Tribute to Jackie Robinson
Artist / Origin: David McShane (American, b. ca. 1970)
Region: North America
Date: 1997
Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE
Material: Mural
Medium: Painting
Dimensions: H: 30 ft. (9.1 m.); W: 24 ft. (7.3 m.)
Location: 2803 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
Credit: © 1997 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / David McShane Photo © JackRamsdale.com
Murals are grand-scale paintings moved off of canvases, panels, and paper and onto walls. These circumstances make them an ideal form of not just decoration, but communication as well. As these two works attest, murals can convey powerful messages that are both socially and politically relevant to their urban audiences.