MoMa and Cultural Imperialism in Latin America
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Rivera's Hybrid Cultural Living in Mexico City
Rivera used modern architecture to create a fusion between the industrial north and the agricultural south through reinforced concrete. He then brings this to an actual way of living or actual production in the houses that he did with Frida Kahlo, which are in Mexico City. This kind of one can also call this kind of mestizo modernity that takes from all sources of a modern life and merge them together in a way of living.
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