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From The Self Portrait To The Selfie Grp.3
From The Self Portrait To The Selfie Grp.3
From The Self Portrait To The Selfie Grp.3
This is a self portrait done by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. She is an artist famous for self
portraits. She was born on July 6th 1907 and she died at July 13th 1954. This painting was
originated from Frida’s imaginary childhood friend.
Later, Kahlo stated that it actually explains her emotions she felt of her divorce between her
husband, Diego Rivera.The Frida on the right is wearing a tehuana, a traditional mexican dress. This
Frida was loved by Diego. The Frida on the left is wearing a white Victorian dress. This Frida was the
one which Diego abandoned.
The hearts of the two Fridas are exposed, and this explains the pain Frida felt. The heart of the
unloved Frida is broken, while the other Frida’s heart is unharmed.
The amulet held by the Frida on the left is holding a vein which travels through both hearts of the
two Fridas. This vein reaches its end on the unloved Frida’s lap.The unloved Frida is trying to stop
the blood, the blood from Diego, because her bleeding means she is in danger of death. The loved
Frida is the only companion of the unloved Frida. This is why they are holding hands. The stormy
sky in the background also explains part of Frida’s dark emotions.
Tristan Tzara:Infinity house
Tristan Tzara was a French and Romanian poet, essayist, journalist, playwright, performance artist,
composer, ilm director, politician, and a diplomat born in April 16 1896. He died at December
25,1963.
This drawing, is a self portrait of Tristan Tzara done in 1928. If we look at the details of the drawing,
we can see that each part of the head has numbers and that there are people inside each part doing
something. Some believe that those are the characteristics of Tristan Tzara’s personality. The house
from the name of this drawing could mean the brain of Tristan Tzara, and in inity could mean the
different characteristics of his personality. Some people think differently from the idea explained
previously. Some believe that it describes his life, some believe that those parts of the brain just
mean his thoughts on everything. Some believe that there is no meaning to it at all.