And boy, am I glad he did
Piet Mondrian "Komposition II, with Red" 1926
oil on canvas
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Because in our country, he painted this:
Piet Mondrian
Broadway Boogie Woogie. 1942-43
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Siqueiros lived in the US but I believe he kept his Mexican citenship
Industrial Urbanization - 1956
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But while here, he taught Jackson Pollock
Siqueiros / Pollock
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And Pollock changed everything
He ended up making America great again!
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Mark Rothko came from Russia in 1913
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Arshile Gorky from Turkish Armenia in 1920
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Willem de Kooning from Holland in 1926
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Hayv Kahraman immigrated from Iraq by way of Sweden
'Dymaxion', 2012. Oil on Linen
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Masami Teraoka immigrated from Japan
McDonald's Hamburgers Invading Japan/Self Portrait' by Masami Teraoka, 1980.
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I can go on and on, but let me end with the worst painter of all:
I immigrated to the US in 1977.
Fuck you, Trump
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Some have soul. Some don't. Unfortunately the latter sometimes (often) have power.
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. the last of a thread of images, works by immigrants to the US over a period of 200 years






