The Miscarriage Frida Kahlo Analysis

An artist’s world experience in life can be a major influence on how they create and develop their artworks. Frida Kahlo (born 1907, died 1954), Gordon Bennett (born Australia 1955) and Edvard Munch’s (born in 1863, died 1944, Ådalsbruk, Norway) are all famous artists from different times of the era who express their worlds from all display their extreme experiences and journeys in life throughout their artwork. Frida Kahlo's artwork 'The Miscarriage' made in 1932 displays Kahlo's experience of expecting the birth of her first-born child, but suffered with a miscarriage in Henry ford hospital. She subsequently creates two artworks (lithographs): 'Henry Ford Hospital' and 'The Miscarriage' which conveys the experience of Kahlo's world and …show more content…
The facial features reflected in the mirror are blurred and distorted by roughly painted words – typical racist remarks about Aboriginal people. These racist terms confront an Aboriginal figure represented as a jack-in-the-box, as he is violently jerked from the box that contains him. Bigger ideas and issues therefore frame the reference to Bennett’s personal experience. These include questions related to how social and cultural structures such as language, religion and history shape experience and perceptions of race and identity. Which also relate to Untitled, 1989 (oil on canvas) Bennett works with a selection of images associated with the familiar story of the ‘discovery’ and ‘settlement’ of Australia. These images include scenes featuring tall ships, the landing of Captain Cook at Botany Bay, and several scenes that reveal the violence and tension that often characterized the relationship between colonisers and the colonised. Therefore, Bennett creates his artworks to communicate dispossession of Aboriginal people but also repression and denial of his aboriginal heritage. This is another example of how artist expression different aspects of their lives through their