The Two Fridas, by Frida Kahlo

Remake of The Two Fridas, by Claire Ball

The Two Fridas (Los Dos Fridas) was created in 1939 as an oil on canvas self-portrait by Frida Kahlo. This portrait was done during her divorce with Diego Rivera. Which had a lot to do with her mental state and identity transition. In this portrait she has an identical twin but their attire and detail on the attire are different. The physical state of them both are different as well. The portrait expresses the complexity she and perhaps other women experienced in that era. One is dressed in traditional white and also weaker, which we know by the open heart and leaking artery. The other is stronger, more modern, a closed heart, and  as stated in Khan Academy a photo of her ex-husband. Perhaps representing the past.

Two types of analysis used in this piece are feminist and Psychological. Feminist because the difference in the two Fridas and what they represent as a women. One more traditional and domestic and the other freer will in tribal attire. Depicting what was and the desire to be for a lot of other women in that era. Psychological analysis was another used because of her recent divorce during the time as stated in both sources. Knowing that information helps with understanding the two personalities shown as well as the detail. Like the torn scared leaking heart, and the picture of her ex-husband for example.

I enjoyed learning about the piece. Learning who she was and the time frame in her life when this piece was created helped understand the piece better and her thought process in some of the details picked.

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/later-europe-and-americas/modernity-ap/a/kahlo-the-two-fridas-las-dos-fridas

http://www.fridakahlo.org/the-two-fridas.jsp

There were many things I could think of that I would like to save in an instance of a fire breaking out, but these three bundle of things are personal items that could not be replaced and hold personal value.

*The first and most important out of the three is my bag of personal journals and notes that I have accumulated over the last 10 years. This bag of writing is important to me because one day I plan to write a book of my life and have seminars for girls and all the experiences in my life that I’ve felt were significant are in these journals as well as the visible mental growth over time and to lose these would be a huge deal to me.

* The second Most important thing would be my custom-made music box given to me by my grandmother. I was 5 years old when I was given it and I still remember it like it was yesterday. she told me to take care of it to keep  to one day give to own daughter or granddaughter if ever permitted and I plan to do just that.

* And the third most important is a few of my photo albums. Pictures filled with funny memories that I would like to look back on as reminders of how far I’ve come and to show what shaped me into the person I am.