Roberto Obra Negra Analysis

Roberto Obregon was a South American fine artist. His piece Sin Titulo, which directly translates to “untitled”, depicts a series of a hundred and ten black cutout shapes that seem to be deteriorating as their indicated numbers increase. He used fiberwood, rubber, adhesive, painted wood, and stamped ink to render his piece. The piece is said to be depicting rose petal, but it can be perceived as abstract, unlike Johanna Calle’s series that was being displayed within the same Latin American exhibit. Her piece, Obra Negra (Black Opus), is representational yet it uses a degree of abstraction. This series is made up of 77 pieces of cardboard, each one depicting different housing designs created with wire and copper. Some of these housing structures

He has created each petal unlike the others to show how people change throughout their lives. The petals get smaller as the series goes on showing aging and ultimately withering along towards the path of nothingness. He was wise to use the rose analogy to allow the viewer to know that while death may await, life is still beautiful while we are living it. The series of a hundred and ten may also be nod to those killed in Venezuela that year, in remembrance of them, a way to show that they also lived but are now gone. Johanna Calle’s series depicts how the weight on the household is put on girls starting at a young age. She gives the illusion of this weight by showing houses with the legs of girls as if they must carry them. Traditionally in many Latin American countries, girls do not have as long of a childhood as men, for they are expected to wed and have children and take care of their families very early on. She is speaking out about this using this series as a feminist critique. She wants people to acknowledge that these traditions are inherently sexist and wrong. These young girls should be allowed to enjoy their childhoods fully, and Colombia in general must work to improve their culture and their economic