Week 5 Project 5C

The Museum of Latin American Art (molaa) in Long Beach, California was founded by Dr. Robert Gumbiner in November 1996. It is the only museum in the western United States that exclusively features contemporary Latin American art. Through the utilization of its permanent collection, traveling exhibitions, and programs, molaa educates a diverse Southern California audience about contemporary Latin American art.

Sergio Velasquez
Vendedora de ayote
The Ayote Vendor, 1997
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUaZHgJElTQ&feature=related (2min 11seconds)
I came across this piece while looking through the youtube video, it really caught my eye because the color and effects used is amazing and its very realistic.
When I look at the artwork I see a voluptuous women with two melons. She is selling melons. She has a soft face and soft skin. She has very very voluptuous legs, arms, torso. Her breasts are medium size and her face small. She is kneeling on the floor with mountains behind her and their is lighting coming from beneath her, which attracted me the painting. Her hair is wavy and half way put up, her eye makeup dark and lips a soft pink. She is also wearing a green spaghetti strap dress and its flowing at the bottom.
This artwork is showing a voluptuous women selling melons.
This piece of work caught my eye because of the lighting incorporated into the painting. And the fact its abstract in the way its not an average women selling melons but a voluptuous women selling melons. Its very unique and soothing.
I want to know if there is more to the painting than I see