Artworks review
Artworks reviewIn the Piece created by Robert Colecott entitled the �Bilingual
Cop,� a cop is positioned in the center of the work standing behind a
brick wall. The cop is yelling racial slurs at two men who are passed
out; one man is an African American and he is leaning up against a
trash can and positioned to the left of the cop, there is also a Hispanic
man passed out and leaning up against a cactus which is positioned to
the right of the cop. A thick yellow line that was painted on the
ground separates the men from each other. On the African American
man�s side of the line there are animals such as a rat, cat, and a
mouse placed by him. On the Hispanic man�s side there is a lizard,
jack rabbit and a goat laying on the ground, and the animals look
abstract. On each side of the dividing line, there is a skull. On the
left side of the line there is a human skull, and on the right side of the
line there is a cow skull
On the African American man�s side, there is a city in the
background. Behind the city is a set of pyramids, among them is a
view of a sunset or sunrise. On the Hispanic man�s side there is a
small village in the background, and behind that is a set of volcanic
mountains. In between the set of mountains, there is a sun setting or
rising, and the scene looks very picturesque. The art work is
composed of both organic, and geometric shapes. An example of an
organic shape that is in the piece would be the cactus, and an
example of a geometric shape would be the bricks that make up the
wall, and the pyramids in the work. The artist used an very
interesting combination of colors when he created both sunsets or
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sunrises, and the use of...
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