Monday, May 11, 2009

Assignment 5C, Cuban Coffee

MoLAA (Museum of Latin American Art) is a museum in Long Beach, CA dedicated to showcasing both modern, and past famous Latin American art.
http://www.carlosluna.com/painting3.html

This particular painting is a great piece of history. It is a story that is waiting to be interpreted, and therefore ties into humanities by way of interpretation.
This piece, to me, displays a past day sense of a Cuban ideal. The painting shows a man sitting in what looks to be a rather comfy chair, sipping on what I can only imagine is a steaming hot cup of Cuban bean coffee, whilst his (wife, girlfriend, mistress) is standing in front of a sewing machine giving off looks of envy, and jealousy. What strike me as odd, is that there is a man floating above her head. He just hangs there colorless. I believe this to be her resentment for the man sitting in the chair. Contains the following analytical elements:

The artist, Carlos Luna, was, and I believe still is being displayed in MoLAA. I choose this piece because I felt it called to me in a way. It lacked proper interpretation, and I felt it needed to be further analized. It was also amazingly beautiful, and colorful.
Questioning: I would like to know exactly what the artist was thinking when he created the piece. I want to know what the brown man above they lady’s head means, and the the smiling face beneath the mans rear-end means if anything.

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