“I wish I could do whatever I liked behind the curtain of “madness”. Then: I’d arrange flowers, all day long, I’d paint; pain, love and tenderness, I would laugh as much as I feel like at the stupidity of others, and they would all say: “Poor thing, she’s crazy!” (Above all I would laugh at my own stupidity.) I would build my world which while I lived, would be in agreement with all the worlds. The day, or the hour, or the minute that I lived would be mine and everyone else’s - my madness would not be an escape from “reality”.” - Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacan, a small town in Mexico on 6 July 1907. At the age of 6 she was suffering polio. This illness cause Kahlo to be crippled. The maiming caused pain for the rest of her life. …show more content…
Self-Portraits Analysis
"I paint myself for I'm often alone. I know myself the best."-Frida Kahlo
The psychoanalysis examine the themes of the work and its relationship with the life of the artist. Art comprise many life events that the artist goes through in their life. The process of making art is derived from the consciousness and unconsciousness of the artist. The unconsciousness leads to the main function of forming the work which originates from the artist's unconsciousness.
Self portraits portray a reflection of the artist's individual self. Autobiography according to Freud has a undeviating link to self-portraits. A method used in psychoanalysis, autobiography is used to force the patients unconscious to reveal itself. It is the result of how the relationship between psychoanalysis and art can be explicated. The self-portraits similar to autobiography indicate the artists unconsciousness. Kahlo's work shows actual periods in her life. Supported by her past experiences all components deriving from her art could be explicate as a mark of her unconsciousness. In nearly all of her self-portraits depression is evident and occur with feelings of …show more content…
'Hysteria', according to Freud is generated by the unconscious part of the mind which exist keeping the ego safe from the id. Observing Kahlo's work, the unconsciousness constructs 'unreality'.The self is generally presented in a form of foetus, helpless and unrelated to others. In the artwork representation of the self can be deduced by similarities. Loss of relationships and loosening of the ego boundaries in the psychosis find expression in hidden symbols and these indications reveal her psychological degree. The illness and pain Kahlo experienced provide intuition into how the self experience life, along with the disruption of ego and character in
Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacan, a small town in Mexico on 6 July 1907. At the age of 6 she was suffering polio. This illness cause Kahlo to be crippled. The maiming caused pain for the rest of her life. …show more content…
Self-Portraits Analysis
"I paint myself for I'm often alone. I know myself the best."-Frida Kahlo
The psychoanalysis examine the themes of the work and its relationship with the life of the artist. Art comprise many life events that the artist goes through in their life. The process of making art is derived from the consciousness and unconsciousness of the artist. The unconsciousness leads to the main function of forming the work which originates from the artist's unconsciousness.
Self portraits portray a reflection of the artist's individual self. Autobiography according to Freud has a undeviating link to self-portraits. A method used in psychoanalysis, autobiography is used to force the patients unconscious to reveal itself. It is the result of how the relationship between psychoanalysis and art can be explicated. The self-portraits similar to autobiography indicate the artists unconsciousness. Kahlo's work shows actual periods in her life. Supported by her past experiences all components deriving from her art could be explicate as a mark of her unconsciousness. In nearly all of her self-portraits depression is evident and occur with feelings of …show more content…
'Hysteria', according to Freud is generated by the unconscious part of the mind which exist keeping the ego safe from the id. Observing Kahlo's work, the unconsciousness constructs 'unreality'.The self is generally presented in a form of foetus, helpless and unrelated to others. In the artwork representation of the self can be deduced by similarities. Loss of relationships and loosening of the ego boundaries in the psychosis find expression in hidden symbols and these indications reveal her psychological degree. The illness and pain Kahlo experienced provide intuition into how the self experience life, along with the disruption of ego and character in