artworks review

In 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 …

…with a cross at the top of them, and in the background of the image there is a set of hills. The piece does Portray the time of day that it takes place, but if I were to guess, It would be some time during the evening. The colors that were predominately used in the work are reds, black, browns and yellows. The dimensions of the piece are 90 by 114 inches, and it was created in 1993.