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Man, Controller of the UniverseDiego Rivera

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This monumental mural (1934) shows a central worker operating a machine that aligns planetary, biological, and industrial forces. Rivera recreates and expands his destroyed Rockefeller Center fresco for a Mexican audience, filling the scene with scientists, workers, and political leaders. The contrast between capitalist luxury and organized labor articulates his Marxist belief that technology should serve collective progress.