" The supplementary mix of Mesoamerican objects, one of the many types of art the couple favored, with her paintings and photographs divulge her yearning for Mexico’s indigenous and agrarian culture and her conflicts with capitalism, especially in the income inequality she witnessed during her travels in the United States." (3)
She was part of the Mexican Communist Party.
"Visitors will better understand Kahlo’s skill in searing her likeness into the public imagination, even if it meant dangling monkeys around her head and cultivating her most recognizable physical traits — a statement ’stache and unibrow." (4)
Frida Kahlo viewed the world through the female gaze and lived her life for herself. She enjoyed cultural history and was disgusted by capitalism. Frida lived as a pretty androgynous person and didn't mind being viewed as masculine. Frida Kahlo is an example of the masculinization of women of color and women with disabilities. All because she didn't subscribe to the male gaze and conventional beauty standards for women. Aka. having a unibrow and mustache. Her focus on creativity and ability to remain authentic makes her feminine.
"Ms. Small pointed out that Kahlo “carefully groomed her unibrow,” a defiant choice at a time when “many depilatory methods existed. That brow was meaningful because it didn’t conform to Hollywood beauty standards.” (5)
"As a tourist and Communist, Kahlo was both dazzled and disgusted by New York City. “She loved going to the movies in New York, but its great disparities of wealth were eye-opening,” Ms. Small said."
"But Kahlo did not conceal her pain, revealing her casts and leather braces with metal buckles in her work and turning her plaster corsets into art with elaborate designs of flowers, even a hammer and sickle. “She treated these second skins as canvases,” Ms. Small said."
Her artistry blossomed while being on bed rest after an accident. Being restricted and stuck with her thoughts, artwork became an outlet. Frida Kahlo's pain, fears, and opinions were expressed in her paintings. I love that Frida had multiple interests/hobbies and had a lot of sides to her personality. The duality of being Frida Kahlo.
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