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Artist: Moris

Title: Miridas I

Date: 2012

Size: 69” by 117”

Medium: Pixelated photograph covered in black acrylic paint

^My artistic rendition^

This particular artistic piece was created recently in Mexico City, Mexico. Mexico is generally considered worse off than America, it's neighboring country. This is caused by the lower living conditions and the majority of the population being lower payed blue collar workers. In Mexico drug cartels are especially a problem. They can traffic drugs and terrorize the lives of others while running their organization. This specific piece in a way represents this.

Miridas I is special because it puts a new spin on a slightly older artistic style. The picture is a more common style pixelated photo. what makes this artwork different is how it is changed from its original for. The photograph is painted over in black except for where the eyes are in order to create a new treatment of a traditional art piece. The photograph was pixelated almost in a cartoon manor and then printed on a canvas sheet. The artist then used black acrylic paint to apply even layers across the entire art piece except for the peoples eyes. The actual picture contains what appears to be criminals likely from a cartel based on the historic background of the painting.

At first glance it appears that the meaning of the photograph is to display the anonymous features of the criminals but a deeper look would suggest more. I believe that this picture has chosen to emphasize the eyes because of something along the lines of the eyes being the ateway to the soul. When you keep this in mind you can see more of the criminal malice in the picture. This artwork really raises an awareness of sorts on the problems going on in Mexico every day that we don't experience in the United States. People in Mexico, where the creator is from, experience hardships and threats of danger from cartel members regularly and this picture when analyzed properly can really bring out this meaning.

No Pity Parties Here.

The film double indemnity is often referred to as "a film without a single trace of pity or love. Double Indemnity was one of the first popular noir films in the late 30's and early 40's. The noir genre in general stood out because of the untrustworthy attributes shown in the female parts that haven't been seen much since the end of the pre-code era. Double Indemnity is no different as you see while watching the attributes of an untrustworthy woman who's only goal is personal gain and her male counterpart is no different.
In Double Indemnity there's two main characters that are followed both enforce the title of "a film without a single trace of pity or love. The first character, Phyllis Dietrichson, had a relationship with two different men each for her own personal game. Her original husband was previously married but his wife was allegedly murdered by Phyllis. This action by Phyllis wasn't out of love though, it was for the money that she later received when she married him. He personal drive didn't stop there though when she continued to abuse love to make more money. When Phyllis realized she is running out of money she makes a plan to fix that. She uses her sexual appeal to abuse love a second time by convincing Walter to murder her husband for the insurance money in the name of love.
Walter, then man being used by Phyllis, doesn't have any more love in him than Phyllis does. When Walter finds out that there is a large sum of insurance money involved, he also uses Phyllis to make some money.