Analysis Of Frida Kahlo’s Painting Two Fridas

Frida Kahlo is of German and Mexican descent. At the age of six, she was infected with polio. Then in September 1925, she had a major accident. Her bus collided with the tram, and his body was very hurt. Frieda has been suffering from illness for a long time, which makes her feel the loneliness of spirit and soul. She can't walk like a normal person, can't appreciate nature like other painters, she can only be imprisoned indoors by illness, so her subject matter is limited to herself. As Frida said, “I am the one who knows myself the best”. The contrast between the two Fridas is a good illustration of Frida's inner contradiction. She yearns for beauty, but her inner loneliness cannot be concealed.

First of all, this is a self-portrait. The creation of a self-portrait is a lonely performance. She drew two pictures of herself holding hands with each other. Because of her illness, she could only choose to be friends with loneliness. There are no exaggerated movements, no crying expressions, and no other people in the painting. There are only two Fridas in different clothes. Wearing beautiful Mexican twang clothes, this painting may be to cover up inner sorrow with gorgeous clothes, or it may be a kind of narcissism, self-pity, or it may be to resist inner strong loneliness. She is eager to express another self to cover up the physical and mental trauma, but her inner loneliness is barely visible in those pictures. 

Frieda in European dress on the left holds a pair of scissors and mercilessly cuts the blood vessels extending from the heart. The blood flows out of the severed blood vessels and drips on the white skirt with a flower pattern. There is more blood flow. On the right is Frieda, who still keeps the image of Mexico. She holds a badge symbolizing Rivera in one hand, and this badge is the blood. At the beginning of the tube, another hand gently holds the wounded European Frida. Here are two different periods of her. One is Frida, who once was loved by Rivera, wearing traditional Telangana clothes. The other is Frida, who wore a white wedding dress like Victorian but had been abandoned by Rivera. Although the two characters are in the same space, sitting posture, gesture and expression are almost the same, but they show Frieda's dual identity and destiny, which implies an unspeakable emotion. Perhaps, for Frieda, two Fridas are complete and two beings are sufficient. 

Finally, we can see two naked hearts in the painting, one is complete and the other is broken. This shows that Frieda's love and hope are destroyed. She used the former Frieda to transmit blood to maintain her life. This kind of unusual image symbolizes that Frida is contradictory. She yearns for beauty in her heart, but she is defeated by reality. This dual character is interpreted by Frieda as looking at himself from two different perspectives, internal and external, just playing different roles. This kind of painting has a kind of fragmentary beauty.