For your evaluation, review the online exploration for this module and examine this self-portrait-along-the-boarder-line-between-mexico-and-the-united-states.jpg” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>self-portrait of Frida Kahlo.
Now that you’ve carefully examined the work of visual art, construct your evaluation by using the following questions as a guide:
- Kahlo painted this self-portrait during a prolonged stay in the United States while Rivera was working on a series of murals he had been commissioned to paint there. What parts of the painting represent Mexico? The United States? How do these two depictions differ?
- Kahlo once said, “I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.” What parts of herself does Kahlo seem to be exploring in this self-portrait?
- What elements of surrealism do you see in the painting (specifically address aspects of the surrealist movement, and not just a focus on the basic word “surreal”)?
- What elements of indigenous art do you see? How do these elements work together with surrealism?
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