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FRIDA KAHLO - IMAGE WITH REFLECTION
Girl with death mask - she plays alone 1938, oil on tin plane 14.9×11.0 cm
Gi: The challenge of coping with death and isolation
Gift to Mexican actress Dolores del Rio, a conversation with whom about life's hardships, inspired Frida to complete this work.
There are 2 readings of the painting, both of which address themes of death. The first one is that the girl in the picture represents Frida’s child that she lost due to miscarriage in the year of completion of the painting, while the second is that the painting is a self-portrait of a 4 year old child Frida which foreshadows all the suffering that the painter experienced throughout her lifetime, as well as highlights her lonely childhood she had due to diseases and accidents.
The painting depicts a small girl, whose face is abstracted by a calavera skull mask. It is a mysterious and gloomy scene with a rusty color palette dominated by cold blues and dirty yellows. The murky hues and deserted setting emphasize the feeling of loneliness and sadness of the painter. The child standing in the foreground is large compared to the vast Mexican landscape. The black ground in front of her seems to be a shadow about to immerse her in darkness. The scale, and the small mountains which create the horizon line highlight the seclusion of the girl. Moreover, her pale pink dress with a traditional lace lining along the collar adds to her femininity and delicacy which contrast the stormy sky, symbolic of evil and chaos.
Despite this, the girl stands barefoot on the ground, symbolizing Fridas immediate ties to the Mexican ground.
The painter uses Mexican iconography to underscore the theme of death and adds visual drama. The mask worn by the child is a traditional mexican mask reminiscent of a skeleton skull, similar to the one we saw in 4 inhabitants of Mexico, that children play with during the day of the dead. Her hidden face is representative of Frida hiding the child’s, her own, innocence from the cruelty that awaits her in the future. The girl is also holding a bright yellow flower, a marigold or a tagate flower, which was a typical offering at graves during the ceremony of the day of the dead which was meant to guide the spirits of the dead to a peaceful rest. The flower, positioned along the horizontal center of the piece, is the only comforting element in the piece. By having the child hold it, Frida expresses her hope that the girl will know peace in her death, something that she had not experienced while alive.
The mask that lays on the floor to the right of the child is her only companion. It is disturbing and unsettling to say the least, with red blood around its mouth, hollow eyes and prominent teeth. It is a Tiger mask used as a talisman to protect the child against evil. Despite its rough appearance it almost looks like the girl's pet.
Overall the piece is quite distressing, and what struck me most was the delicacy of the child juxtaposed with the harsh scenery and creepy masks, and I think that this juxtaposition really emphasizes Fridas perspective of death as something that always lingered, as well as the emotional weight that came with dealing with her own isolation, accidents, health issues and later a loss of a child.
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“Frida Kahlo: Her Art and Life” by Hayden Herrera notes
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I particularly enjoyed this scene because it is the first detailed description of Stanley and his character. Stanley’s car is also described and the character explains how vital it is - it grants him freedom, access to information, ability to move, transport etc. Ben, who is only now beginning to get to know the lives of black people, is shocked to find out how important and life changing a car is to Stanley. The audience is also given an insight into the poor state of Ben’s marriage, as well as the brutality of the Apartheid system.
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Dry White Season/Andre Brink class notes
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IO REFLECTION
To prepare for the IO I first picked the literary and non literary texts: The Handmaid’s Tale and Barbara Kruger, based on the similar themes that they adress. Then I narrowed down the themes to come up with the global issue “The limitation of women to birthing roles and denial of reproductive rights by those in power”. Then I proceeded to look for fragments in both texts that address this GI, as well as are rich in literary and stylistic devices that support it. When I had my fragments and global issue confirmed, I went on to write the outline and later a more detailed analysis which I practiced saying out loud while timing myself.
I think my introduction was well structured, and made clear the two fragments I was going to discuss, as well as the global issue. I said the key things I intended to and remembered to make connections back to the gi. For the final orals I think that I need to know my fragments and body’s of work better, so I can answer the final questions in greater detail.
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East German uprising of 1953 and Erich Honecker notes
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