Introduction: Art, War, and Revolution—Rethinking the Global Currents of Muralism in Asia

Volume 23, March 2026
by Jinyoung Anna Jin, Marisol Villela Balderrama


Article Description

This essay introduces the 2025 symposium Art, War, and Revolution at El Colegio de México, which reexamines the global impact of Mexican muralism on modern Asian art. Focusing on Lee Qoede and Rina Lazo, it challenges Eurocentric modernist narratives, highlighting transnational socialist exchanges linking Mexico and Asia and redefining muralism as a Global South language of solidarity and revolution.


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Jinyoung Anna Jin, Marisol Villela Balderrama, Art, War, and Revolution, El Colegio de México, Mexican muralism, Asian art, Lee Qoede, Rina Lazo, Global South, Eurocentrism, modernist narratives, transnational exchanges