Maerol Escobar Art Review

Art Review The work of art that capture my attention is a lithography created by the Venezuelan painter Marisol Escobar. She born in Paris, France on May 22, 1930 and died at the age of 85 in New York in April 30, of this current year. It is important to highlight at this point that this piece of art does not possess a tittle, but was created in the year of 1992. The painting is located in El Paso Museum of Art located, in the downtown arts district El Paso, Texas. The painting focuses in my opinion in two aspects that are connected together to share a historical message. The Native American and the horse two iconic figures of the U.S history gathered together in one image. As a Native American image, the Horse image implications consolidate
the grounded force of the earth with the whispers of knowledge found in the soul winds. The Horse has for some time been regarded has aide, emissary, and harbinger of soul information to the Native American cultures. Considered wild and a token of flexibility, the Native American sees numerous possibilities in the typical way of this respectable animal. Another part of Native American image implications of the horse accompanies the understanding that the wild flexibility of the Horse can be bridled and used to the formal of the tribe. This understanding comes just when man and brute enter a quiet contract - recognizing shared regard and attention to duty to each other or mutual respect.
To return to the art subject, the picture provides a powerful message and based in the art criteria discussed in the first week of class that something in order to be considered art must provide a message. In consequence, this picture is a symbolic painting representing the connection between an Indian and his horse like almost connected by the bond that unite their souls together into a strong spirit. Based in the background information about the relevance of horses within the Indian culture previously provided, it is easy to assume that the painting successfully achieves its goal transferring that uncommon and exclusive significance.
Additionally, the colors utilized on this painting are the most attractive trait of the overall piece, the intensity of the colors black and the different variations of brown are huge attention grabber and also provides a sense of profundity.
With regards to the colors used, it is important to highlight that from a psychological perspective, the color brown is a serious, down-to-earth color signifying stability, structure and support and on the other hand the color black relates to the hidden, the secretive and the unknown, and as a result it creates an air of mystery. It keeps things bottled up inside, hidden from the world. Besides, the texture that the style of the brush strokes without a rhythmic pattern realistically imitates details like the hair of the native American man and also they provide a unique approach to the font, which dominates the major part of this piece. Also, the form in which both the faces of the man and the horse are looking to the front gives a sense of proudness. Overall, this is a great representation of the meaningful legacy of horse spirits within the Native American Cultures.
However, although this piece is a lithograph as announced on its description, which means that is a copy of the original work of the artist, it holds the same legacy as the original piece. Even though, Marisol Escobar lived in a total different era of the wild west or even before, the style of her piece resembles a variation type of pop art, which was her specialty during the last 20th
century.