assignment 5C

MOOLAA stands for the Musuem of Latin American Art. MOOLA is located in Long Beach, California founded in November 1996 by Dr. Robert Gumbier. It is the only musuem in the western United States that exclusively features contemporary Latin American art. The mission of MOOLAA is to educated the public about contemporary Latin American fine art through the presentation of collections, exhibitions, culture, and educational programs.

My research of the Freire, colonial era and indepedence era of Latin America, The Virgin of Guadualupe, and La Manlinche has help understand the artwork at MOOLA more clearly now because I now get a feel and can connect with the message the artist is trying to send through their work. Like the saying goes a pictures speaks a thousand words and with the artwork found at MOOLA that stetement is very true. Every detail in their artwork from shapes, colors, and images have some type of significant meaning or representation. Also in the artwork after doing the research you see where some of the work is inspired from in their past history.

The photo I choose was by Brooke Alfaro called The Body. A link to the picture is provided here http://www.bombsite.com/images/attachments/0000/5767/alfaro02_body.jpg. This photo provides insight to how women are forced to be with these rich and powerful men. In my research I came across many times women who where forced to be with older men because they were poor and wanted a better living. Some of the women had no choice.

Observation: In this photo I see a large man which to me represents someone who is a leader rich and his young girlfriend. In most Latin American countries people of power or wealth have beautiful young women as their wife or girlfriend.

Intepretaion: This photo represents how beautiful young woman are forced to be with older powerful and rich men against their own free will.

Judgement: I choose this artwork because I felt it showed clearly how women in Latin America were oppressed by these weatlhy and powerful men. I feel this way because the picture shows a very large man sleeping and woman with a sad look on her face sitting on her knee. She actually looks like she does not want to be there.

Questioning: Brooke Alfaro's The Body shows how women are forced against their will by these disgusting men who thave power and wealth that think they can just do whatever they want. I wonder why people are like that to where they can just force someone against there own free will. What is their thought process?

Assignment 5B

The image I came across was an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. A link to the image is http://www.ourladyofguadalupe.org/ologimage.htm. This is the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. I found this image while searching for information on Our Lady of Guadalupe for assignment 5a. This image has to do with humanties because people all over Latin America are fatihfully devoted to her. She is a cultural icon.
The image is a Aztec pictograph. The Lady stood in front of the sun which meant she was greater than the Aztec sun-god of war. Her foot rested on the crescent moon which the aztecs took as her crushing the featherd serpent moon-god. She was a queen because the blue green colors where colors of royalty. Her God was Jesus Christ because of the black cross on the brooch at her neck. She was also the mother of God because the flower petals on her womb symbolized life. Our Lady of Guadalupe was also seen as the Queen of Earth because she wore a contour map of Mexico that was rose colored. The garment she wore told the Indians where the apparition took place.
This artwork to me is a symbol of not just for Mexico but Latin America because so many people in Latin America are devoted to her. I choose this artwork because it is truly an amazing pictograph which wasn't drawn or painted but mysteriously appeared on the cloak of Saint Juan Diego. One thing I would like to know is how exactly her image appeared on his cloak without someone painting or drawing . This is just one of many Catholic mysteries.