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Neruda, Siqueiros, and the Canto general
Special Exhibit in Trinity University’s Michael and Noemi Neidorff Art Gallery,
February 21 to March 8, 2014
Pablo Neruda: Poems from the Canto General, translated by Ben Belitt, with Original Lithographs by David Alfaro Siqueiros, printed in Paris in 1968 for Racolin Press, Inc. of New York
From February 21 to March 8, 2014, Trinity University has the pleasure of exhibiting this oversized portfolio containing excerpts from Canto general, the masterwork of Chile’s Nobel Prize winning poet, Pablo Neruda. The portfolio is illustrated with magnificent large-scale lithographs by David Alfaro Siqueiros, one of the leading Mexican artists of the 20th century. The exhibit is made possible by the generous loan of the portfolio to Trinity University by the San Antonio Museum of Art. Click on the links below to learn more about the life and work of Pablo Neruda, the writing and publication of Canto general, the life and work of David Alfaro Siqueiros, and the friendship between the two men that led to this literary-artistic collaboration.
The opening ceremony for the exhibit will take place on Friday, February 21 at 7:00 PM in the lobby of the Dicke Art Building. The ceremony will include remarks about the portfolio and the Neruda-Siqueiros friendship by San Antonio Neruda aficionado and expert William Fisher, readings by poet Jennifer Browne, and Chilean and Mexican songs performed by Duamuxa.
Pablo Neruda and the Canto General
The life and poetry of Pablo Neruda
Timeline of Pablo Neruda’s Life
Chilean television documentary about the life of Pablo Neruda (Spanish only)
Film footage of funeral cortege of Pablo Neruda on the streets of Santiago, shortly after the coup d’état in September 1973 (in French with Spanish subtitles)
Neruda Lives Youtube Channel
Description of the Canto general
Special issue of the Chilean journal Cuadernos about the writing, publication, and meaning of Canto general (Spanish only)
Read the complete Canto general (Spanish only)
Read selected Neruda poems translated to English
Listen to Canto general recited and set to music: Canto general: A musical-poetic work by the Aparcoa Folk Music Group and Pablo Neruda (Spanish only)
Neruda wins the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature
Neruda’s Nobel Prize Address: “Towards the Splendid City”
Pablo Neruda Foundation
The Life and Work of David Alfaro Siqueiros
Biography of David Alfaro Siqueiros
Short biographical video on Siqueiros life and work (Spanish only)
Siqueiros murals in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City (Spanish only, with images)
The Siqueiros murals in Chile (Spanish only, with images)
Article concerning the restoration of the Siqueiros murals in Chillán, Chile
Short video concerning the restoration of the Siqueiros murals in Chillán, Chile (only in Spanish)
“Siqueiros and Earthquakes, Precursors of Muralism in Chile,” paper by Carolina Ossa Izquierdo (Spanish only)
Presentation of "Siqueiros and Earthquakes" by Ossa Izquierdo at a symposium on the Siqueiros legacy at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California on October 17, 2012 (video, Spanish only, with still images of Siqueiros works)
¡Siqueiros! Online catalogue of a special exhibit of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
“Political Activisim and Artistic Work of David Alfaro Siqueiros: From Olvera Street to the River Plate,” by Alicia Azuela de la Cueva (Spanish only)
Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros (Mexico City)
The Bond of Friendship Between Neruda and Siqueiros
“From the Paintbrush and the Word: Rivera, Neruda, Siqueiros,” article by María Soledad Mansilla Clavel published in 2000 in the Chilean online journal Escáner Cultural
The friendship between Neruda and Siqueiros
“The Day That Neruda Loved Siqueiros’ Wife,” article from the Santiago newspaper La Tercera (Spanish only)
Pablo Neruda, Diego Rivera, and David Siqueiros signing the first edition of Canto general in Mexico City in 1950.
