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Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit Industry: South Wall (1932/1933) by Diego RiveraDetroit
Institute of Arts

Introduction

Diego Rivera came to Detroit during the Great Depression and, in the
very center of the DIA, created a tribute to industry and workers.
These murals reveal Rivera's fascination with industrial
processes--and his critique of the political and social realities of
capitalist enterprise.

Detroit Industry: West Wall (1932/1933) by Diego RiveraDetroit
Institute of Arts

The murals assert the benefits of industrial processes, but warn of
their destructive side effects. The aviation industry produces planes
for war as well as for travel. Scientific discoveries allow us to
fight disease--and create poison gases.

Detroit Industry, North Wall (1932/1933) by Diego RiveraDetroit
Institute of Arts

Rivera also reminds us that all human endeavor is rooted in the
natural world.

Detroit Industry: East Wall (1932/1933) by Diego RiveraDetroit
Institute of Arts

The scenes of Michigan industry--from chemical production to car
manufacturing--are all accompanied by images of natural structures and
processes. And in a prominent position facing the museum's Woodward
entrance, Rivera painted an infant in the bulb of a plant, nourished
by the earth.

Detroit Industry: South Wall (1932/1933) by Diego RiveraDetroit
Institute of Arts

The Murals

The South Wall

Detroit Industry, North Wall (1932/1933) by Diego RiveraDetroit
Institute of Arts

The North Wall

Detroit Industry: East Wall (1932/1933) by Diego RiveraDetroit
Institute of Arts

The East Wall

Detroit Industry: West Wall (1932/1933) by Diego RiveraDetroit
Institute of Arts

The West Wall

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