Art Journal: August 25, 2011

Two farmers working in a field during the Mexican Revolution, was communist, Diego Rivera's subject in his painting "Semeadores." Rivera was trying to get across that the laborers and working class needed to stand up for themselves and not just blend in. In the painting the two workers flow with the ground and do not have any distinct traits that make them stand out or ever people because they are lacking faces. The only thing that makes the workers stand out from the ground is the difference in color. One worker is hunched over digging a hole, while the other has a bag and is standing up right. This painting is very pro laborers. They do all the work; therefor, should be the ones empowered.