Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Selfie With Freda

Freda Kahlo, Self-portrait with monkey, 1938

Arianna Perez, Self-portrait, 2021


Ana Mendieta:

"She urged viewers to disregard their gender, race, or other defining societal factors and instead connect with the humanity they share with others."


“It’s about theater. It’s about kind of capturing moments through various forms of documentation.   And she takes all of these things to the world at large that might not be considered fine arts. She turns them into something intelligent, harrowing and emotional.”


Finklestein CHP 1:

"a man or woman goes to bed with someone s/he is crazy about and wakes up to discover the astonishing fact that the body in the bed belongs to someone entirely different, someone hated or alien or just different" pg 50


"Most people trusted appearances- thus all she needed was to perform as a girl to become a girl" pg 56


Berger CHP 1:

“Seeing comes before words. The child recognizes before it could see”


“Original paintings are silent and still in a sense that information never is” pg 54


"The way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe" pg 8

 Words describing Freda- Powerful, Creative, Inspirational, Incredible influencer, Strong, Emotional, Feminist, Unique, Talented, raw, experimental, bold, different, artist, 

Words describing me- creative, dedicated, intelligent, procrastinator, outgoing, straightforward, hard worker, loving

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