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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Natalie Ann
Beautiful? Do not recall saying that I find all art/craft beautiful.
Do I find it moving, does it speak to my heart and soul?
Yes! In so many very personal ways.
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She's not very subtle, is she? And her work isn't very elevating. I suppose it doesn't have to be. It's her misery on canvas.
I find that women seem to be more drawn to Frida's work than men. That's evident here at nomads. Do you think that that's likely due to the subject
matter she chooses?
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DENNIS
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Some interesting background on Frodo.....oh, excuse me...Frodo was a Hobbit. I meant to say [with all intent to reflect Mexicanese] Frito. 
Hey....I can hear Frijolita laughing her broad butt off. She's a moo-hair with a sense of humor. If only she had painted some of those monkeys melting
like Dali's clocks.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/9000295/Frida-Kahlo-Surrealist-Con...
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BajaGringo
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I like Frida's work - maybe because I learned more about her personal story that drove her art. When I was working in Mexico City years back I had the
chance to be given a private tour of Frida's home by the compadre of a neighbor who was working on a project there connected with UNAM. I later heard
that he participated in the discovery of a bunch of items/documents that were found hidden behind a plastered wall.
Over the years I lost contact with my old neighbor but always wondered what it was they found. Anybody here know/hear anything???
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bajafam
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Not all art is beautiful to all people. In Kahlo's art, there is beauty in the starkness of the pain, in the open and rawness of the emotion. She was
very influential and I believe would have been even without Diego, though I highly doubt she would have seen such fame in her lifetime. Not because
she lacked talent, but because she was a woman. Such is the case with many artists of multiple mediums throughout history. Art doesn't have to be
"beautiful" to be art.
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajafam
Not all art is beautiful to all people. In Kahlo's art, there is beauty in the starkness of the pain, in the open and rawness of the emotion.
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I am sorry but I don't believe this to be true. At least not as I perceive it.
Merely displaying meaningful or emotional information does not comprise art. The objects around the bed are just evenly spread out without any visual
continuity. It's ugly. The fact that it reflects her depression and sadness over a miscarriage is irrelevant.
Actually I hate talk about "what is art" because it kills it for me. You simply react. But there are basic elements that are always there.
It looks to me like she gets kudos for being personal and revealing. Like showing the most private parts of your diary. But beauty, it lacks.
Apparently she felt that was unimportant. So, I guess, she brought something new to the table. The surrealists brought something new as well but they
do nothing for me.
Although, who knows. Sometimes you actually see the real canvas and are overwhelmed about something you never liked before. Gotta leave the door open.
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Mulegena
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To say her art is personal and subjective and perhaps unschooled isn't incorrect, imo.
It is striking and evokes strong emotion in most anyone who views it.
Her efforts have gained her a permanent place in Mexican history.
In her choice of dress she artfully and with awareness incorporates and blends the styles of indigenous Indian women, the Spanish donas, and the
Revolutionary Adelitas. I've never really considered the reasoning behind her dress, that it was crafted to disguise her illness and disfigurement. I
always just assumed Frida to be a kinsman to myself and other earthy, free-spirited women.
To view these artifacts of Ms. Kahlo is one of the few events that would draw me back to Mexico City. Anyone care to go this winter?
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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BajaRat
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We should all wear the same clothes, drive the same cars, live in the same houses.............. Oh and yes have the same impression of art. Not.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I love diversity, and I love Frieda !
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