Critique on Frida Kahlo
This painting is a self portrait of Frida Kahlo, in two split personalities. The Two Frida's was made in 1939. It is oil on canvas, standing at a height of 5'81/2 square. It is hanging in the Museo de Arte, in Mexico City. There are two Fridas, sitting in adjacent chairs and holding hands, staring back at the viewer. The two Frida's are sitting on a green weaved bench on a brownish smooth floor, and behind them is a painting of blue and gray sky on a wall. One Frida is wearing a native Indian custom (a tehuana skirt) and a blouse. The blouse is blue with a gold trim, and the skirt is green with a white train. This Frida is holding a little portrait of a man. At first glance the little portrait looks like a pin or a big button, until one gets a closer look at it. The other Frida is dressed in a white European long, style dress, with flower embroidery at the end of the skirt. The two Frida's are connected to each other by a joint circulatory system with their hearts exposed. The heart of the Frida in white is cut and torn open. The artery that connects the two Fridas is severed. The Frida in the white European Victorian dress holds a surgical clamp and appears to have snipped the blood flow to her, thus one can
see blood dripping over her lap forming a pool of blood. The heart of the "Mexican" Frida is fully intact and appears to be feeding off blood from the "Victorian" Frida. Both Frida's have their hair braided and pulled upward, this hair style typifying a true Frida hairstyle. They both have red rosy cheeks and the long thick eyebrows that come together in a concave form. The artist's interpretation of her work reflects a sad time in her life, when she was separated from her husband Diego. The two women reflect her two backgrounds, the European and Mexican heritage. The "Mexican" Frida feeding off the blood from the "Victorian" Frida, symbolizes how Frida Khalo was really proud of her Mexican background and wanted to keep hold on it, thus it had to kill off the European side off her. The turbulent sky in the back represents the dark little secrets, her hopes, and all her dreams, which are hidden in the absence of light, which represents fulfillment. The medical tool, the white Frida is holding represents the doctors who were unable to help her have children, or her dream of maybe becoming a doctor. The pool on her lap, specifically her womb, represents her inability to have children, because her womb has been fractured. And the Mexican Frida holding a picture of Diego, represents the sadness she feels from losing him, so she holds his picture to remind her of what they had together and the hope of getting him back. Frida uses different colors to convey the me
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Approximate Word count = 994
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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