Art of America

The picture I found at the art museum was a piece by the artist Peter Saul. It was a drawing dated from 1985. The reason I chose this piece of art is because it caught my eye. There were lots of bright colors and the person and cow in the picture were cartoonishly distorted.

The picture seemed to express the corruption and distortion in America today. The man, who was twisted like a noodle, was riding on a cow. A tag around the cow's udders identified that the substance dripping from them was beer. Around the cow's neck was a tire labeled art. It was a rather odd piece of art, but I think the critiques it offered were valuable. The tire labeled art seems to represent America's lack of depth--now, almost anything can be claimed as art. Art used to be about meaning but now there are all kinds of paintings such as the random paint pieces that sell for millions.

The only thing I didn't like about this piece of art was that it didn't mention any of America's accomplishments; it only focused on the negatives. Critiquing America is important, but I think it is also important to recognize that not everything we do is bad.