The Broken Column by Frida Kahlo

Image 1: Frida Kahlo, The Broken Column, Painting from the Museo Dolores Olmedo, Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico, 1944.
Retrieved from: https://www.fridakahlo.org/the-broken-column.jsp

Eraaj Mahmood, Biology, Senior

ABSTRACT:

Frida Kahlo is a household name known for her trailblazing paintings that changed what it means to be a woman during her time. Before doing my research I thought all that I had in common with Frida Kahlo was our unibrows, but we are also both strong advocates for women. In this episode, we will be focusing on her piece titled the Broken Column. Kahlo uses her suffering to create a powerful narrative on the resilience of women. Please sit back and enjoy this formal analysis and dive into Kahlo’s push for feminism in this week’s episode of Mira! Latin Art and Architecture!

Image 2: Frida Kahlo painting Portrait of Frida’s Family in bed from the collection of Colección y Archivo de Fundación Televisa
Retrieved from: https://artsandculture.google.com/theme/exploring-frida-kahlo%E2%80%99s-relationship-with-her-body/EQICSfueb1ivJQ
Image 3: Frida Kahlo, My Birth, Painting from the collection of Madonna, 1932.
Retrieved from: https://www.fridakahlo.org/my-birth.jsp

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Andersen, Corrine. “Remembrance of an Open Wound: Frida Kahlo and Post-Revolutionary Mexican Identity.” South Atlantic Review 74, no. 4 (2009): 119–30.

Bakewell, Liza. “Frida Kahlo: A Contemporary Feminist Reading.” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 13, no. 3 (1993): 165–89. https://doi.org/10.2307/3346753.

 “Frida Kahlo Biography.” Frida Kahlo. Accessed October 23, 2019. https://www.fridakahlo.org/frida-kahlo-biography.jsp.

Helland, Janice. “Culture, Politics, and Identity in the Paintings of Frida Kahlo.” In The Expanding Discourse, by Norma Broude, 396–407, 1st ed. Routledge, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429492839-23.

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