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This piece of art is Miradas I by Moris (Isreal Meza Moreno). It is Acrylic paint over a highly peixelated photo on canvas. Miradas I questions how much you can tell about a person from their eyes. Since the piece is paint over a picture, the outline of the people in the picture can be seen faintly through the paint. It made me look closer so I could try to figure out what these people actually look like and maybe where they came from. Im not exactly sure what the artist's puropose for this was, but it was really cool. looking at this art I got the feeling that this piece was targeting profiling and sterotyping. It made you look at the people as people. You couldn't really see their race, religion, or sexual orientation which I really liked.
It is interesting how you said it is hard to tell anything about people just by looking at their eyes, and I agree that it is hard to tell many things, but did you consider that eyes can show emotion? Maybe the artist was trying to illustrate the feelings of people while eliminating the outward appearance which could cause judgment. It is an interesting effect, and I do agree that the black covering does make the viewer want to know more about these people.
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