Comments on: 3 Modern Artists and the Politics that Affected Their Work

By: MN

MN — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:48:00 +0000

“…in fact, rather than trying to overthrow Diazâ€™s government, he was at great pains to make sure it continued to pay his scholarship.”

Typical Communist and more reason for me to not have any respect for them.

By: hexclecticomicron

hexclecticomicron — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:35:00 +0000

In fact, a sombrero is any hat, not a specific style of hat; just like “amigo” means friend, not a “mexican friend”.

So, in spanish we have “sombrero fedora”, while the “baret” is actually a cap.

I like Diego, but Siqueiros had more interesting anecdotes.

By: Nerak

Nerak — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:45:00 +0000

Good article.

But I just couldn’t help thinking of the episode of “The Critic” where Jay Sherman’s dad smashes through “Guernica” in a monster truck and yells, “Take that, Guernica!” You can find a video clip if you search a certain site for “Pablo Picasso vs Franklin Sherman”. Very funny.

Also it seems that using the word “sombrero” is fine as it brings to mind a specific style of hat, like “fedora” or “beret”.

By: fredly

fredly — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:54:00 +0000

Yes, they misspelled Zapata. But what’s wrong with the way they used “sombrero”??

By: Roberto

Roberto — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:20:00 +0000

Interesting article even when art is not one of my main interests.
And I don’t want to be annoying but, Sombrero = Hat and it’s Emiliano Zapata with an “A”.