Self portrait, Frida Kalho, 1940/ Autorretrato , Frida Kalho, 1940 I could have called this painting “Self portrait as Matlaczihuatl”, however Frida just called it “Self portrait”. Pude haber nombrado esta pintura “Autorretrato como Matlaczihuatl”, sin embargo Frida solo lo llamo “Autorretrato” In the painting Frida presents herself once more in the Yalalag outfit, one …
Autorretrato con aretes de manos, Frida Kalho, 1940 There she was, looking at us proud of herself and her accomplishments as artist, but still hurt because her personal life was not what she wanted. Frida paints both her success and pain in a single image. Ahi esta Frida, orgullosa de si misma y de su …
Autorretrato como tehuana o Diego en mis pensamientos, Frida Kalho, 1943 This particular portrait is among my favorites, Frida’s work reveals maturity and mastery of the medium, we have to remember she was a self made artist, who learned from experience rather than instructors or formal education. Often she followed her husband’s technical advice, later …
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Self portrait with thorn necklace and dead hummingbird/Autorretrato con collar de espinas y colibri muertoFrida Kalho, 1940 This painting is very impressing, it talks about Frida facing divorce, loneliness, and physical pain; later she remarried Diego Rivera in December 1940. Also is one of very few where she paints herself in frontal position, most of …
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Self portait with monkeys, 1943 / Autorretrato con monos, 1943 This was one of the 5 pictures I chose for making a Frida Kalho doll -with monkey dolls-. She painted herself in the company of four monkeys, for Frida they stand for polygamy. Her husband Diego cheated on her frequently, and she paid him with …
I started thinking about the possibility of making dolls out of paintings. The first one I did was the Frida Kalho painting “The two Fridas” . The dolls were separated and are now in private collections in Mexico, they did not stay together, sometimes life is like that. I went on making the next dolls, Fridas, of course, I …
I had a doll living in my mind for 3 years. She came real just 5 months ago, when I started actually making her. To start with, I made her head in rock clay. This step took me nearly 2 months. Tuve una muneca en mente por 3 anios, apenas se volvio real hace 5 …
I became fascinated with clay dolls, and started making them out of that feeling of amazement, serenity, and wonder that I get every time I see one. Clay dolls are something between fine sculpture and playthings, they reminded me of those clay dolls made by ancient people from Egypt, Italy, Greece, Germany, Brazil. We humans, …
As I said in an earlier post, making Black Mammies started to come up to my mind more and more until I designed the pattern and got one, which I gave to my dear sister-in-law as a Christmas present. Then I reduced the pattern to 80% and 60% smaller sizes and got a bunch of …
It took me months to figure out how I was going to make shields. Finally we (my quality control manager and I) got a solution, and we made very strong, sturdy shields following the traditional technique of paper-mache plus air-dry clay. Me tomo meses el encontrar una manera de hacer los escudos. Finalmente mi jefe de …