01/03/2011: Siquieros in Los Angeles: Censorship Defied

In 1932, after having served prison time for his political views, David Alfaro Siquieros came to Los Angeles to work. He was commissioned to paint a mural on a beer garden wall above the Italian Hall at Olvera Street. That mural -titled America Tropical- was whitewashed shortly after it was completed. America Tropical sits at the center of an exhibition currently on display at the Autry Museum called Siquieros; Censorship Defied.