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This 5 page report discusses how Frida Kahlo presents a world of bold colors and the straight-forward gaze of her subjects. She is especially startling in terms of the boldness of her surrealistic visions which are almost always of herself. She established a new way of thinking about women as artists and their projection of themselves. Cindy Sherman and Hanna Wilke are briefly discussed and noted as doing the same. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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provocative and profound paintings of the 20th century. Her work was generally small and almost always extremely personal. She created numerous self-portraits in a style that was both filled with
fantasy and themes of native Mexican art, archaeology, and myth. It should be noted that "Mexico has decreed that her paintings may not leave its borders" (Time International 102).
In her painting, she regularly juxtaposes discordant images with seemingly "normal" portraiture which judging by her art and the biographical details of her life must have been how she perceived
herself. The boldness of her paintings suggests confidence and a certain measure of outrageousness, and yet, in-depth study of her life and her work will demonstrate that her life was
one of both physical and mental pain and a large measure of insecurity regarding her talent and role as an artist. One of the most painful, yet telling, of her
works clearly demonstrates that. In "The Broken Column" (1944) she portrays herself wearing an elaborate metal brace/corset which is open in the front and shows that she has a broken
column where her spine should be. It is a disturbing image that serves as both a reference to her perception of herself as well as her physical problems from contracting
polio as a child and injuries that had been the result of a bus accident in 1925 at the age of 18. Boldly Timid -- Strongly Fragile In each of
her works, especially the self-portraits, Frida Kahlo presents a world of bold colors and the straight-forward gaze of her subjects. She is especially startling in terms of the boldness of
her surrealistic visions which are almost always of herself. Considering that she was working from the 1930s and into the 50s, they are particularly "outrageous" which is just one of
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