Talk:Man, Controller of the Universe

Given the history of Diega Rivera it is puzzling why he would have created it first at the Rockefeller Plaza and then yet again in Mexico. Diego Rivera was expelled from Russia in 1928 for supposedly anti-Soviet activities. He was also expelled from the Mexican Communist party in 1929. I found from the article on him that the mural still stands but there is no explanation for why Rivera continued his leftist leanings. Rivero's leftist leanings seems to be centered in the ideology of the poor being taken advantage of by the rich starting with the subjugation of the Azetcs by Montezuma. That is just my subjective artistic interpretation. You can see in his work that his later murals and paintings softened and turned towards those closest to him. It seems this mural was his last great gasp of the period of featuring Communism in his murals. I think he did it more to be obstinate than anything else. The original at Rockefeller Center was first wallpapered over and then destroyed completely. I think the actual technique he uses isn't quite clear. hhhobbit (talk)