Selfie with Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo: Self Portrait with Necklace 

 

My Self Portrait with Necklace

Overlooked No More: Ana Mendieta, a Cuban Artist Who Pushed Boundaries

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

"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"

The Art of Self Invention

"most people trusted appearances- thus all she needed was to perform as a girl to become a girl" (56)
"view of identity can be invented from the surface and then applied backwards to become internal core, much like the techniques of 'method' acting"(60)

Ways of Seeing

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

"Because of the camera, the painting now travels to the spectator rather than the spectator to the painting" (20)

Words that describe Frida Kahlo:

Rebellious, emotional, powerful, strong, resilient, passionate, courageous, determine, loving, creative, artistic, depressed, tortured, braves, and a feminist

Words that describe my selfie:

Anxious, mirrored, focused, self-portrait, self-taken, digital, attentive, copy, amusing, up-close, personal, photograph, captured, and different.