Not only did she need frequent surgery to help with her spinal injuries, she was largely confined to spending her days in bed. It was in her bedridden state that Kahlo discovered a love for painting. She had a specially-made easel that enabled her to paint in bed, and a mirror placed above it so she could see herself.
Yes, some of her greatest artworks were self-portraits — a total of 55 out of paintings, to be exact. They are noted as an expression of her internal struggles and physical and mental suffering.
I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint. I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration. She experimented with many varied styles and motifs — often shocking the art world with paintings filled with sexual references. Her subject matters were symbolic.
The themes she focused on proved to be deeply personal in nature too. Her heritage for instance, or her long struggles with childlessness and femininity.
It shows her in between a stalking panther and a monkey, wearing a necklace of a dead hummingbird. Kahlo completed the piece in , one year after her divorce from Mexican muralist Diego Rivera who she remarried a year later. As such, it is believed to reflect her emotional state during a dark, tumultuous life period. On the left, she depicted herself clad in a traditionally European gown.
On the right, her heart is whole, and she is wearing in modern Mexican dress. While initially saying that the painting originated from her memory of an imaginary childhood friend, she later admitted that it expressed her desperation and loneliness with the separation from Rivera.
The fruits in this piece are literally weeping. There are many who believe that Kahlo was signalling the deterioration of her health with this particular painting. And it may be true — it was completed just three years before she died in Her art drew from music too. The popular Mexican song Cielito Lindo is believed to have touched Kahlo so much that she named one of her paintings Arbol De La Esperanza, Mantente Firme , which is a line from this song. She surrounded herself with other inspiring creatives and thinkers.
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Instead, she used the bed-ridden time to paint, turning her pain into passion. Even though her paintings mirror a sense of despair and suffering, her gaze is fierce and defiant. Kahlo savoured breaking the rules and fighting back, both through her art and in real life. The unique point in her artwork is the fact that there is no uniformity. Nothing goes in a pre-set order. And through her entire lifetime, she embraced her true self with no judgement.
I would imagine her and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me, too. We have updated our Terms and conditions. If you continue to use our site, you agree to the updated Terms and conditions.
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