In this paper, we will examine Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry. Coming from the center of colonial Mexico, Diego Rivera in many of his murals deals with one of the most important issues in postcolonial life, and that is the plight and alienation of the workingman. In his frescoes called Detroit Industry, which is it's located in the Garden Court, inside the Detroit Institute of Arts, he interfaces with the mass production automotive industry. It has a great meaning to the city of Detroit and represents the start of Detroit's fame as the Motor City. Its a form of type of urban art which tackles an important postcolonial issues. Let us now look at who Diego Rivera is.
