The Man in Control of the Universe is a photograph by Jurgen Lorenzen which was uploaded on January 30th, 2017.
The Man in Control of the Universe
Title
The Man in Control of the Universe
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Mexican artist Diego Rivera (1886-1957) was commissioned to decorate one of the walls of the second floor of the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City and worked on it between January and November of 1934. He created "Man Controller Of The Universe" or "The Man in Control of the Universe" - "El hombre controlador del universo".
This fresco is 4.85 meters x 11.45 meters in size and has an openly political content. The worker appears as the central axis from which the image is divided into two. The left section is configured as a critique of the capitalist world, characterized by class struggle and corrupted by repression and war. Darwin's presence - a reference to the development of science and technology - contrasts with the advance of the soldiers of the First World War. Greco-Roman sculpture represents religion and Western thought, while its counterpart, at the opposite extreme, the fall of fascism. The right section presents an idealized vision of the socialist world: workers demonstrate peacefully in Red Square. Lenin leads the union of the working class. Marx, Engels, Trotsky and Bertram D. Wolfe call for the cohesion of the world proletariat. The ellipses radiating from the machine embody the macrocosm and the microcosm. The upper left orbit contains diseased cells, symbol of the decadence of the capitalist world. Those that appear at the opposite extreme, the socialist world, are healthy and allude to the genesis of life.
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Jurgen Lorenzen 3 Days Ago
Robert, thank you very much for your 48" x 19.5" Canvas Print purchase of this wonderful artwork! I hope that yo will enjoy this beautiful art every day!
Robert Chasen 10 Days Ago
Dear Jurgen: I've been looking for a large canvas print of Man Controller of the Universe, and yours is the first one I've seen that appears to have the dimensions correct, so I'm very interested. However, the image on this site seems very green, compared to the actual painting (which I just saw last week in Mexico City, and you can see here on the museum's web site: https://museopalaciodebellasartes.inba.gob.mx/permanent-collection-of-murals/ ). Can you comment on how true your colors are to the original?
Jurgen Lorenzen replied:
Robert, thank you very much for your interest in this artwork. I believe that the reproduction on the museum's website is too red, especially when you look at the marble statues and the faces. But if you are serious about purchasing this reproduction I could "warm up" the image for you. Please send me an email with further comments.
Jurgen Lorenzen 18 Days Ago
A big Than You to the collector from Los Angelos, CA. for the purchase of a 36" x 14.5" wood print! I hope that you will enjoy this amazing artwork every day!
BIJAN PIRNIA
Mr. Jurgen, my honorable sir, You sold a copy of another one of your masterpieces. Much kudos to you, brother. CONGRATULATIONS! You rock, my man. I hope all is well with you, kind sir.
Jurgen Lorenzen
A Big Thank you to the collector from Edina, MN. for the purchase of a 40" x 16" mounted print! I hope that you will enjoy this amazing artwork every day!
Jurgen Lorenzen
Thank you to the buyer from Grapevine, TX. for the purchase of an 18" x 24" Jigsaw Puzzle! Wishing you lots of fun putting the puzzle together!
Marilyn McNish
Incredibly detailed with thought provoking concepts and representations. Creatively captured. vf mm
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