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Art in Action was an exhibit of artists at work displayed for four months in the summer of 1940 at the Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) held on Treasure Island. Many famous artists took part in the exhibit, including Dudley C. Carter, woodcarver and Diego Rivera, muralist. Rivera painted his monumental work ''Pan American Unity'' at Art in Action. ==Origins== During the first year of the Exposition, the investors failed to make a profit and the GGIE committee decided to extend the fair for one more year.〔 The exhibition's second season ran from May 25, 1940 through September 29, 1940, and featured lower ticket prices and a collection of new attractions.〔(TIME. June 3, 1940. ''Cut-Rate Golden Gate'' )〕 Art in Action opened on June 1, a week after the main Exposition, and closed at the same time as the rest of the Exposition.〔(The Diego Rivera Mural Project. ''Art In Action'' )〕 Timothy L. Pflueger, architect and member of the GGIE design committee, came up with a plan to have an exhibition of artists on display. He contacted a wide array of artists to show their talents to the public while working within the "Fine Arts Palace", a concrete and steel industrial building measuring 335 by 78 feet intended to be an aircraft hangar after the Exposition closed. For the second time, Pflueger brought Rivera to San Francisco to paint a mural, this time as the main attraction at Art in Action. Alfred Frankenstein of the New York Times reported from the opening day and wrote "Here the visitor is privileged to observe a kind of twenty-ring circus of art... On the floor, in a series of little ateliers, sculptors, painters, lithographers, etchers, ceramicists, weavers and whatnot are at work under the direct observation of the public."〔New York Times. June 9, 1940. Alfred Frankenstein. ''Diverse Attractions at the Golden Gate Fair''〕 On July 29, 1940, LIFE magazine ran a story about Art in Action using a spread of color photos.〔(antiqbook.com Life magazine. July 29, 1940 )〕 Along one wall, Rivera painted the mural ''Pan American Unity'' on ten steel-framed panels spanning 74 feet in width and reaching 22 feet in height, weighing a total of 23 tons.〔 Some 68 artists had participated by the end of September when the Exposition was closed.〔(City College of San Francisco Library Exhibitions. May 22, 2008. ''Artists Working for All the People: Art in Action and the Work of Pauline Teller'' )〕 Rivera was not finished, however; he and two assistants labored for two more months in the empty exhibit hall. On Friday, November 30 and Sunday, December 2, 30,000–35,000 visitors came to Treasure Island to view the completed mural.〔 During the painting of the mural, Frida Kahlo had arrived in San Francisco and on December 8, 1940, Rivera's 54th birthday, Kahlo and Rivera were married for the second time in a civil ceremony at San Francisco City Hall. After the Exposition, many of the larger artworks remained in the building in temporary storage. Most of these ended up at San Francisco City College in their permanent collection, including Dudley C. Carter's ''Bighorn Mountain Ram'' which became the school's mascot.〔(Mt. Davidson.org: San Francisco's History from its Highest Point. ''San Francisco City College'' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Art in Action」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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