Inside an Orozco Mural

“A panoramic scene painted in the style of Jose Clemente Orozco's anguished Mexican murals, with thick black contour, distorted gesture, and a palette of fire, ash, and bone. Foreground shows looming bare-chested workers shouldering a heavy beam, faces twisted with effort. Midground reveals a tangled mass of prisoners and crosses, soldiers raising bayonets. Background shows a burning city skyline collapsing into smoke and a sky of churning crimson and black, every element heavy with sorrow.”