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Dove

THE DOVE

Everything has its opposite: Left and right, black and white, day and night, sugar and salt, etc,. When I started thinking about making a crow-like doll, I had in mind to make a dove-like girl all of the time, they were two independent dolls and at the same time only one. I started thinking about …

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Self portrait as tehuana, or Diego in my thoughts

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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