I love how for art, especially for modern art, the quality of a piece of art piece or painting isn’t dependent on how similar it looks to the real thing, but instead is subjective to the audience’s mindset and what the artist themselves initially intended for the art piece to convey. For instance, one of my favorite art pieces ever is “Guernica” by Picasso. Even though the painting looks nothing like something that is real, the colors and visuals of the image convey an atmosphere like no other and one is immediately able to tell that the art piece represents and symbolizes the chaos and destruction that is involved with war. From this art piece, it has become one of the most powerful anti-war pieces. The Molotov Man reminds me of Guernica a lot, because even though Molotov Man does not directly look like the real image that one may see in a photograph, the symbolism and expression in the painting gives a feel to the audience that wouldn’t be as directly show cased if the image was merely a giant picture taken by a photograph. By knowing the background behind why the Molotov Man painting was created, one is better able to understand the true purpose of the painting and see what the artists original motives were as well.