A while back I did a writing assignment for my speech class writing about an artist who has made a change. I chose Frida Kahlo, since researching her and getting to know her life she has become my favorite artist. This painting was by Frida Kahlo (Henry Ford Hospital 1932) and one of my favorites that she has done. She explores intimate experiences females face but are not spoken about such as miscarriage, pregnancy, menstruation, breastfeeding, infertility, sexual organs were private, but she published them in her paintings. She is known to be a feminist icon because she speaks on things that were considered extremely taboo even now. Therefore, I chose this painting because it demonstrates the pain and sorrow she experiences after her miscarriage. This is activism to me because she is painting from experience and knowledge of what other women go through but would not speak on, she stands for women’s freedom of expression.
The piece of art you chose is beautiful, definitely get that Frida Kahlo energy before I even read it. I’m glad she created this piece there are so many women who can relate. I’m wondering if this is the only piece of art she created around miscarriage’s?
Hey Gisselle, you chose a great art piece. I love how Frida expressed what she felt when she had a miscarriage. Many women are still afraid of speaking about what they go through when they have a devastating loss like a miscarriage. This piece clearly shows how she felt post miscarriage
Hi Giselle! The painting you chose was very inspiring, Frida Kahlo is a truly transparent person, she always shows things as they are and not only embellishes the works. Kahlo talked about this important topic such as spontaneous abortion and this was very brave on her part. Because just having the memory of that is really heartbreaking and sad, so it’s really inspiring that she was transparent and showed us the truth behind it all. I completely agree with you on how this demonstrates women’s freedom of expression, with artistic activism.