Summary: Frida Kahlo is near her death, a few months after the opening of another exhbition. In the Spring of 1953 they had just performed a bone transplant, unfortunately the bone was diseased and they had to remove it again. Therefore, Lola Alvarez Bravo along with Diego decided to do Frida one last show to honor her paintings while she was still alive. The doctors though it was actually a good idea, it could not get Frida any worst than she already was. In fact it should boost up her health as she got happy in thinking and planning her show. During the opening of the exhibit Lola Alvarez Bravo called Frida a "great woman and artist", she had long deserved this honor.
By the night time, Frida's conditon worsen, and the doctors forbade her to move. Frida was at her exhibition in a hospital stretcher. Everyone was so shocked they abandoned their cameras on the floor and were incapable of taking any pictures. Someone eventually did take a photograph of such an important moment of Frida's life. It is certainly true that Frida's presence made the show a display of emotion rather than an artistic celebration.
By August of 1953, the doctors decided they had to amputate Frida's right leg. Diego knew this operation was going to kill her. The day of her surgery everyone had grieving faces but Frida. She dressed in a Tehuana dress as if it were for a party. However, after everyone left Frida's side, she lost all hope. Even when she was furious, she no longer protested, it was all silent. She was not even interested in Diego who was her life. The loss of her leg lowered her self-esteem, and she even tried to commit suicide. In 1954 she drove herself to the studio one last time, she painted life by light, but her last works remained personal because they could not serve as political drawing, but more like personal and self-identifying. Frida died July 13, 1954, she was dressed in a Tehuana skirt, braided hair, earrings, and every finger on her hand had a ring.
Quote: "Hunger takes what it can get; greed takes what it wants, here and there, for its own pleasure" (Herrera 423).
During Frida's sickness her feelings for Diego began to change from hour to hour, from minute to minute. Therefore, when it came to discussing her marriage, she always described it as a marriage where they joined hunger with the desire to eat. Meaning Diego eas greedy and she was hungry. Her emotions had a lot to do with her increased dependence on drugs.
Reaction: Throughout the entire story I come to know that Frida and Diego cheat on each other all along in their marriage. However, Diego's infidelity did not bother Frida she was a vibrant woman and she just had a way of protesting everything. Frida did not seem to care whether Diego cheated or not because she was doing the same thing. Then, when Frida became badly sick, Diego's ways began to affect her, when she needed him most he was out and about with other females. Which makes me question whether Diego ever loved Frida or if their marriage was more on a career friendly bonding. Also, Diego married another woman after Frida died, which also made me question if he wanted a rebound to forget about Frida or that was just him being the woman lover that he is. Over all, from the reading I realize that Frida not only physically changed with time but her mentally and way of life changed as well. Her drawings also changed as time passed, her drawings showed everything that happened in her life, and one can see how her drawings vary from politics to personal art. Frida died years back, but her legacy still lives on along with Diego Rivera for being two famous artists.
No comments:
Post a Comment