All over the world people loved Kahlo and her work. She was praised by French surrealist André Breton, and wined and dined by Picasso when she visited Paris. During her life she had three exhibitions: one in New York in 1938, one in Paris in 1939, and finally one in Mexico City in 1953. But by that time, Kahlo's injuries were catching up to her. Her health was so bad doctors advised her not to attend. But Kahlo would not be dissuaded. Minutes after the exhibition started, a wail of sirens filled the air and an ambulance arrived. Frida Kahlo was wheeled out on a stretcher and placed in the center of the gallery where she held court all evening.
The pain of Kahlo's complex marriage was often reflected in her paintings, such as one entitled, "Frida y Diego." Although the couple did divorce in 1939, they reunited in less than a year. For all their troubles, they remained one another's greatest loves and greatest fans. That same year Kahlo suffered another blow. Her right leg had to be amputated below the knee due to a gangrene infection. On July 13, 1954, at the age of 47, Frida Kahlo died. The cause was never officially determined. The last entry in Kahlo's diary read, "I hope the leaving is joyful and I hope never to return." Little known outside of the art world until the 1990's, Frida Kahlo has recently become a cultural icon. Numerous books and articles have been written about her. She has been the subject of three documentaries, and a feature film about her life was released October 25, 2002. For a woman who wished to be remembered, it seems, her wish has come true. Mi Guanajuato... My orgullo... I decided to focus on perspective for this photography piece.Photographers often fall into the bad habit of shooting everything we see from eye-level. We are walking around, something catches our eye, and we take a picture right from where we are standing. If you want to make an immediate impact in your photography, you need to get out of your eye-level (or tripod-level) rut. You need a change in perspective.
"“Encouraging Latin culture in children is not only important, but imperative. Culture is the sum of values, beliefs, and behaviors we have grown up with and that we transmit to our children when raising them. Migrating to another country must not change our cultural foundation, it can be adjusted, but it should never disappear; that’s why it is important to give our children the opportunity to know where they come from, so that they can identify the need of belonging to our community as they grow up.”
“We spread our Hispanic pride by example. Prejudice often begins at home, when we avoid speaking Spanish so that our children don’t feel rejected for speaking with an accent or when we give up our identity, misconceiving they will be accepted by doing so. The love for their roots cannot be inherited, it is instead taught, and it is necessary to nurture that feeling at a young age by talking, sharing and showing that diversity is an advantage that allows them to learn from everybody else.” I think it's immensely important to love your roots and where you come from. This is why I decided to do a drawing piece of my great grandparents. Revolutionary leader Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, better known as Che Guevara, was born on June 14, 1928, in Rosario, Argentina. After completing his medical studies at the University of Buenos Aires, Guevara first became politically active in his native Argentina and then in neighboring Bolivia and Guatemala. In 1954, he met Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro and his brother Raul while in Mexico.
Guevara became part of Fidel Castro's efforts to overthrow the Batista government in Cuba. He served as a military advisor to Castro and led guerrilla troops in battles against Batista forces. When Castro took power in 1959, Guevara became in charge of La Cabaña Fortress prison. It is estimated that between 156 and 550 people were executed on Guevara's extra-judicial orders during this time. Later, he became president of the Cuban national bank and helped to shift the country's trade relations from the United States to the Soviet Union. Three years later, he was appointed minister of industry. Guevara left this post in 1965 to export the ideas of Cuba's revolution to other parts of the world. In 1966, he began to try to incite the people of Bolivia to rebel against their government, but had little success. With only a small guerrilla force to support his efforts, Guevara was captured and killed in La Churriguera by the Bolivian army on October 9, 1967. This piece has to be one of the pieces which I am most accomplished about. It was very hard to do this acryllic piece but I think I learned as an artist. This is supposed to be Frida Khalo for Day of the Dead. The background was done with a sponge. It took a long time because I had to layer. I choose Frida was because of the desire to be remembered was always a central theme of Kahlo's art, as reflected in the many self-portraits she painted (the images for which she is best known). Once she embroidered a pillow for her husband, the muralist Diego Rivera, which read, All over the world people loved Kahlo and her work. She was praised by French surrealist André Breton, and wined and dined by Picasso when she visited Paris. During her life she had three exhibitions: one in New York in 1938, one in Paris in 1939, and finally one in Mexico City in 1953. But by that time, Kahlo's injuries were catching up to her. Her health was so bad doctors advised her not to attend. But Kahlo would not be dissuaded. Minutes after the exhibition started, a wail of sirens filled the air and an ambulance arrived. Frida Kahlo was wheeled out on a stretcher and placed in the center of the gallery where she held court all evening."Remember me, my love."
" I was born into this race I'm Latino Proud And it shows on my face When it comes to family We defend our own kind Something in others You'll never find We work out in the hot sun To earn our daily bread But that's alright We keep our family fed We're known for our tortillas Our beans and our rice A few jalapenos' For a touch of spice Sometimes we are bad And get sent to jail It's all so sad When we can't make bail It's guys like that Who give our race a bad name I'm still Latino Proud And I say it with no shame Chicano here Hispanic there What's the difference When the others don't care We walk with our heads up Each and every mile I'm Latino Proud And for that I can smile!" Source: http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/latino-proud#ixzz3uUxBQ0Mq #FamilyFriendPoems This semester is added onto my new theme 'chicano'. It is a skull which symbolizes the famous day Dia de los muertos. This piece was very hard to do because the background was abstract. It took a very long time due to the layering of colors. There was a few errors along the way which added to the time investment. Overall, I am proud of this piece!
Body image is a widespread preoccupation. In one study of college students, 74.4% of the normal-weight women stated that they thought about their weight or appearance “all the time” or “frequently.” But the women weren’t alone; the study also found that 46% of the normal-weight men surveyed responded the same way.
Encouragement to focus on appearance is at an all-time high in this culture, and with it comes the potential for a significant increase in negative body image. According to the authors of The Adonis Complex, “There’s often a vicious circle here: the more a person focuses on his body, the worse he tends to feel about how he looks – obsession breeds discontent.” Poor body image increases the risk for extreme weight/body control behaviors. Researchers have found that increased preoccupation with appearance and body dissatisfaction put people at greater risk for engaging in dangerous practices to control weight and size. Extreme dieting, exercise compulsion, laxative abuse, vomiting, smoking and use of anabolic steroids have all been associated with negative body image. For this piece I decided to layer different color techniques and wet it with a wet brush and napkin. The distorted body is supposed to break the standards of beauty, while she is pushing away all negativity and radiating positivity. . his piece was inspired by Salvador Dali's painting 'Head of flowers'. To me it is a representation of male femininity. Males are often instilled at a young age that they have to be strong and masculine and they aren't to be emotional or 'girly'. This piece is meant to break the barriers of gender roles.
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