March 25, 2004
Frida Kahlo on self-portraiture
"Why did Frida paint herself? Her preferred exercise seems to have been shaping and perpetuating the image the mirror returned, enriched by her own art and imagination. Her friend, Alejandro Gomez Arias, a Mexican writer, to whom she gave her first self-portrait, commented: "Frida painted as a final means of surviving, of enduring, of conquering death." On the other hand Frida herself answered this question by saying, "I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone. Because I am the person I know best." "
[Espacio, Art Magazine 1983] reprinted from Artdaily.com
image: Frida Kahlo; self-portrait with monkey, 1938 Albright Knox Museum Scroll down on the museum's web page for art exercises relating to the image and Kahlo.
Posted by sfenton at March 25, 2004 01:08 PMThank you for this information this is the first opportunity I have had to read and understand.
I am dyslexic so the shortened form is great.
I also facilate a class and I am trying to convey
The reason and the way they might enhance their lives by doing art.
Mary Nelson
Posted by: Mary Nelson at March 28, 2004 01:39 PM