Sunday, March 29, 2009
11:25 AM
Year produced: 1945Size: 27,2 x 22,2 cm. 10¾" x 8¾"
What is it about?: For this painting, there are two conflicting schools of thought as to its meaning. Some say the Chick in the painting is the fragile and threatened Frida while others are convinced that, because of its portly stature and confident pose, it is Frida's husband Diego Rivera.
If it is indeed Frida, then the painting probably symbolizes Frida's fragile emotional and physical state at the time. Her crumbling relationship with Diego, the death of her father and her worsening health and pending back surgery all have drained her emotionally. The fragile baby chick, Kahlo, is being threatened by two spiders and stands there powerlessly waiting to meet it's destiny.
http://www.fridakahlofans.com/c0502.html
Done by: Marrissa Syafira (11) 2A
