Frida Kahlo (Painter)

Frida Kahlo

(1907-1954) 

Frida is the best known painter of all Latin American women artists. Frida had 2 life changing accidents. A serious bout of polio and a traffic accident at age 8, due to these accidents she started paintings of pain and illness. Most of he self-portraits address pain and bodily multination. Kahlo's word challenged the representation of the female body in art. It shows that the fame body is not an object of beauty and consumption. Other than painting herself, many other paintings have wider examination of issues. Such as contrasting cultures, lifestyles of the neighbouring countries etc. 

"Diego in my thoughts"
Diego's miniature head on Frida's fore head shows me that she has an obsessive love for the fresco painter, Diego Rivera. That he is constantly in her thoughts.

"Flower of Love"
"Frida saw flowers as a symbol of sexuality and mixed feelings."
I'm guessing she's projecting her feelings in this painting. 

"Few Small Nips"
"Broken-hearted over her husband's affair with her younger sister Cristina"
I'm guessing Frida recreated her sorrow and anger in this painting.
Her own pain being too great to depict, she projected it onto another woman's misfortune.