Senza speranza (Without Hope) di Frida Kahlo [ANALISI e descrizione] Gli autoritratti di FRIDA

Art and the Cities is my personal blog and Youtube channel of art and travel. I'm not only talking about art history but also about travel, museums, galleries, art market, love stories, books, exhibitions and much more. »Blog: https://artandthecities.com/ »Instagram:   / artnthecities   See you soon, Clelia --- 00:00 Intro 00:37 Self-portraits 01:50 Description 02:44 Frida & Diego 03:44 Details --- Frida Kahlo's self-portraits Not many artists like Frida are so obsessed with their image. More than a third of his 150 famous paintings are self-portraits. Some simple sketches, others instead work much more complex and surprising. But many are like a personal story about the physical and emotional pain of Frida's life. In addition to being known for her personality, Frida's face is known for the self-portraits she has made since the early years. For some unfortunate events she is forced to stay in bed and paint. In 1914 the parents and the family doctor think he contracted polio but later it is discovered that he suffers from a deformation of the vertebrae that attacks and damages the right leg. It's not the only tragedy in her life that changes her physically. While still a student in 1925 she is the victim of a road accident on a bus that forces her to stay in bed for many years in a plaster cast due to numerous fractures. So she decides to ask the family, to spend her time, to have brushes and canvases and a mirror and starts to represent herself and the world around her with an attention to detail and an emotional strength that are recognizable in all her works. Hopeless by Frida Kahlo Description She is a woman who suffers physically but also internally and therefore begins to explore her emotional states. Hopelessly shows Frida forced to sleep in a harsh and arid landscape. And above her only a horrible cornucopia, a real funnel with meat, fish, vegetables and a skull. By the time he painted Hopelessly, the lack of appetite caused such a serious weight loss that Frida had to be fed through a funnel. But in the painting, the funnel is transformed into a monstrous being, so large that it must be supported on a sturdy wooden ladder - and it is not full of food puree but of whole pieces of meat and fish. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera | The love story Although her work has received numerous appreciations over time, Frida is obscured in life by her husband, the artist Diego Rivera. A huge man with an incredible personality. While Frida's paintings are usually small and intimate, Rivera's are gigantic: she specializes in large murals for public buildings, one of the techniques for which Mexican art of the 1900s has become famous. And Rivera is the most famous of three muralists. The other two are Orozco and Siqueiros. All of them are financed by the President of Mexico who started a mural painting program from 1920 to 1924. After a violently unstable historical period, the paintings in fact aim to help create a feeling of national identity among a population that is still largely illiterate part. Frida Kahlo's painting technique Frida Kahlo is ultimately a self-taught and her working methods and techniques reflect the unusual circumstances of her life. He begins to paint seriously while recovering from the 1925 accident at home. A special easel of his is fixed to his four-poster bed and an elevated mirror is installed. So she can see herself lying down and acting as her personal model without having to ask anyone else for help. From a technical point of view, the brushstroke in most of his works is fast and delicate. Until it changes in recent years when it is affected by alcoholism and becomes more incisive and strong. The success of Frida Kahlo Frida spends most of her life in Mexico City. Here he suffered the accident but also began to paint and in 1929 he married Diego Rivera. Only around 1980, about 2 years after his death, Frida overtakes Diego and begins to become more and more famous even outside of Mexico becoming the feminist heroine of today. She is appreciated not only for the strength and originality of her works but also for her ability to have created works that tell her suffering and pain so intensely. And in 2007 the most important anthological exhibition ever organized with his works is organized in Mexico City for the bicentenary of his birth. And the exhibit attracts over 360,000 visitors in just two months.