Frida Kahlo Painting

I am going to blog about one of Frida Kahlo's paintings. It is called "The two Fridas." I saw the movie when it came out a couple of years ago, and I have been really interested in Frida every since. And then today in morning meeting, the presentation had the painting that I would like to talk about. The painting where there are two Fridas, and they are holding hands. One is the indigenous Frida and one is the Spanish Frida. This painting really makes me think when I look at it. The Spanish Frida is more pale, and has on a very lacy dress, and the indigenous Frida has on the traditional clothing and has darker skin. During morning meeting one of the presenters said that Frida is torn on the inside between her two nationalities in a way. And I would completely agree, she is two nationalities and I think it would be very hard to feel so torn. We have talked about this in class before, what it is like to be biracial and/or multicultural. She is painting about something that I think a lot of people today are also feeling. I chose this painting because I just think it is so interesting, and I love the idea that she looked different then what society accepted with the unibrow, and she was constantly making a statement. I know a lot of people think her paintings are so weird. But I think that is partially why I like them so much. They are unusual but they were her outlet, she led a really painful life, and you can tell in her paintings.