Robert Longo 

untitled (bullet hole in window, January 7, 2015)

Charcoal on mounted paper

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes 

They carried her off! 1797-1798

Etching and aquatint on laid paper

Both of these compositions share the same intent when it comes to sending a message. Francisco de Goya uses the emotions in people to reveal social, cultural, and political complexities for example the girl being carried off is to be described as bizarre and macabre imagery. Robert Longo explores new levels to express emotion, instead of using people he uses an extremely close up image of a bullet hole that happened during a terrorist attack in January 2015.  What I like about this image is that Robert Longo can use something that’s so brutal and turn it into something that’s artistic and beautiful.