1927

after interviewing rivera, the head of the department of agitation and propaganda of the communist international attacks the russian avant-garde with arguments borrowed from the mexican:

"the gap between the most advanced artistic expression and the elementary tastes of the masses can be bridged only by following a course which will improve the cultural level of the masses and capacitate them for artistic perception of the new ways developed by the dictatorship of the proletariat. nevertheless, it may be possible to begin at once the rapprochement between the masses and art. the road is simple: paint! paint murals in the clubs and public buildings."

(rem koolhaas: delirious new york)