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LatinArt.com is maintained by a group of art collectors in the USA. It is a great place for a beginner like me in that it gives important information about artists along with their works. This “portal” deals with modern artists. This will be an excellent opportunity to understand contemporary Latin American artists and what is going on in South America. Cesar Menedez was born in Sansonate, El Salvador in 1954. According to the Latino Museum of History and Culture, Menendez’s paintings are in the surreal style exploring tough themes of like death and tragedy. His first exhibition was held in 1976 in his homeland. A piece of his that intrigued me is called “Mujer y Caballo” in English this means Woman and Horse. This picture is a really confusing. The confusion does seem to show the theme of death and tragedy in this picture. A headless body of a woman and an angry looking horse stand together. It reminds me of a dream a little in that there is an order that in a strange way seems to make sense. This confusing state of disorder along with the sharp colors is fascinating. A museum describes this work as “the metamorphosis from the real to the unreal in ghastly colors, his characters pretend to behave