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- Publication date 07/05/2023
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Contextual Studies – Gender
AAD011 Contextual Research and Understanding
Niamh Daly
Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo is best known for her self-portraits representing feminism, freedom, and gender fluidity.
Kahlo embraced both her feminine and masculine sides in her life and work, which helped remove barriers surrounding gender stereotypes. In this piece ‘Self-portrait with cropped hair’ she represents herself with tightly cut hair, as soon after her divorce from Diego Rivera she cut her hair off to separate her old self from him and her now fully independent self. Rivera had always admired her long hair that she has painted strewn all over the room symbolising her complete separation and removal of him from her life. She also shows herself in an ill-fitting suit similar to what Rivera would have worn, another declaration of her independence and strength.
