Theme: Gender

 

Frida Kahlo 

 

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist born in 1907, known for her defiant attitude towards social norms. Kahlo painted her reality, she represented both femininity and masculinity in her self portraits, she depicted herself, her gender not constrained by the bounds of society. ‘Self portrait with cropped hair’ symbolizes Kahlo’s independence from her ex-husband and her sense of self. Frida is seen in a suit and cut hair representing her cut ties from her husband and how she is disconnected from gender roles, her gender is her own, her identity is her own and can not be dictated by society. 

 

Frida Kahlo, self portrait with cropped hair, 1940

 

References

https://www.ripostemagazine.com/frida-kahlo_1 

https://ruthmillington.co.uk/gender-in-art-history/ 

https://www.soundoflife.com/blogs/people/how-frida-kahlo-broke-all-conventions-and-shaped-feminism#:~:text=Frida%20Kahlo%20was%20a%20woman,become%20valuable%20inspiration%20for%20many.