Two Fridas Analysis

Society has long sought out to dictate the way people are suppose look and act in order to be part of the accepted few. Furthermore, history has always had definitions for what is to be perceived as accepted. The term acceptable changes throughout history, depending on time period and culture. Consequently, people who do not conform to what is acceptable are typically considered outcasts and are usually looked down upon from social elites. Furthermore, individuals turn to social media to try to make the public think a specific way about them, or in order to deal with emotional problems that they might be going through. Different forms of acceptable has been seen throughout history through works of art. The first work of art that this paper will analyze is Self Portrait by Judith Leyster, 1630. This painting was done using oil on canvas and measures 74.6 cm x 65.1 cm. Additionally, it was painted during the
She does this in her painting Two Fridas by showing herself identically except for her what she is wearing. On the left side, she is wearing a typical European style dress, while on the right side she is wearing a dress that was more typically seen in Mexico. By doing this she is representing both sides of her family, and showing what each one would like to see. Additionally, what leads to the two different Fridas’s heart is different. One shows that she is still stuck holding on to her lost love, while the other shows the pain of cutting him away. She is dealing with her personal grief in a public manner. On the right side, she is showing the public that her heart steal beats for her former love; while on the left side she is illustrating the pain that she struggles by cutting him out of her life. This is often seen today as people go through break ups with loved ones. It is the different stages, which include denial as well as the hurt of truly cutting that person out of one’s