* NAME : ABDUL RAHMAN BIN MOHAMED * GROUP : 12M13 * TOPIC : READING 1 – FRIDA KAHLO : TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS QUESTION 1: How do you think painting help Frida Kahlo with her problem? ANSWER: From my view of humanisation‚ painting helps Frida Kahlo so much. It is because only from painting will make her continues her hope about her life after turning point of her life made her really uncapable to do anything else such as to be one of the successful doctor only
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The artist of the work‚ The Two Fridas‚ is Frida Kahlo who was best known for her self portraits. This piece was finished in Paris‚ France in 1939. It is displayed in the Gallery Museum Modern Art in Mexico City‚ Mexico. To make this self portrait Frida used canvas and her technique was oils. When a viewer would like upon this piece‚ they would see two women sitting side by side. The onlooker may come to the assumption that these two women are either identical twins or sisters. In this artwork there
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Frida Kahlo “I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world‚ there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her‚ and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well‚ I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that‚ yes‚ it’s true I’m here‚ and I’m just as strange as you.” ― Frida Kahlo “I paint flowers so they will not die.” ― Frida Kahlo
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begins by discussing the profound impact that Frida Kahlo and her work has had on numerous types of people from all over the world. Bakewell then uses the rest of the article to begin to unearth what it is about Frida that resonates and feels so familiar to a variety of different people. It is argued that Frida uses identity politics‚ specifically Mexican identity‚ and subjectivity to construct a self that is portrayed within her paintings. Frida lived during a time where the nation of Mexico
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Critical Analysis This is an oil on canvas painting by Frida Kahlo called Cropped Hair‚ made in 1940 at a size of 40x279cm. It is a self- portrait of her with a scissor in one hand and her hair creeping everywhere on the floor. As you can see in the painting‚ the fore ground busy because of the long dark hair that is laid all over the floor. In the middle ground of the portrait‚ it shows Frida Kahlo sitting in a chair‚ wearing an oversized suit‚ that by the looks of it isn’t hers while holding
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Visual Arts – Case study essay Pablo Ruiz Picasso and Frida Kahlo “It is difficult to get a sense of an artist’s practice on the basis of one work” (Art world Magazine) The works of both Picasso and Kahlo are recognised worldwide and are typified by their unique styles that portray their expressive meaning‚ both artists worked in the modern art movement of Surrealism fusing the dream world with reality. Their lives were intrinsically linked to their conceptual frameworks which related to world
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merely telling us verbally. The power of a particular self-portrait does not necessarily rely upon the portraits “aesthetic beauty”‚ rather than its ability to give us insight on the artists psychological‚ physical and emotional views of themselves. Frida Kahlo De Rivera (1907- 1954)‚ was a Mexican artist whose works “were strongly linked with her own life experiences‚ whilst also relating to world events‚ politics and the wider art world.” Kahlo is best known for her self-portraits‚ they demonstrate
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Frida Kahlo developed and used her creativity to relieve her physical and emotional anguish by painting self-portraits depicting her life. With a life full of tragedy‚ heartbreak‚ and immense struggle‚ she had very strong symbolism in her paintings. In her 1939 painting‚ Los Dos Fridas‚ Kahlo creates a painting displaying her emotions at that time in her life. Shortly before she painted this piece of artwork‚ she and her husband‚ Diego Rivera‚ had divorced therefore leading one to believe the symbolism
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Frida Kahlo was a strong revolutionary female artist that emerged out of Mexico during its time of turmoil and growth. By examining her unique upbringing as a child‚ to her outlook on Mexico’s quest to situate an national identity to their masses without any influences from European ideologies‚ I feel that Frida Kahlo was an early feminist that help pave the way for women in Mexico to achieve equal opportunities‚ not only in a cultural sense but also political. She was able to express her aesthetic
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