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The artist I chose is David Alfaro Siqueriros. He is an Mexican painter from 1896-1974 and the painting I had chosen from him is called Proletarian Victim which was made in 1933. The painting is enamel on burlap and is 6 '9" x 47 1/2". The picture is a woman strapped up by rope her hands, stomach, legs and ankles. Her hands are behind her wrapped up and her head is down. You can see blood on her head and see how tight the rope is on her naked body. She seems to be a old women because of the gray hair. The colors that David used gives off this feeling of sadness and pain. Like you are watching someone getting tortured right in front of your eyes. Makes you think about how mean people can be and how twisted people are to even want to torture others. I know she was getting hit because she is bleeding from her head that is dripping down her naked body. She can't even do anything about it because she is tied up so tightly by rope. The artist used dark colors to give off a feeling of sadness or pain.

I chose this painting because of how it catches your eye and how it makes me feel. It makes me remember that life is not all fun. Life can be mean and torturous. It shows us that people do hurt others and make their life a living hell. Makes you wonder why? Why would you do that to someone? Why would you even want to hurt an older woman? She seems helpless and it breaks my heart knowing that their really are people out there that hurt others just because they want to. I think David made this painting to show us that the world that we live in is filled with others that could hurt us. That life isn't as perfect as we want it to be and that no matter how helpless you are they wont see what they are doing wrong.