Posted in Frida Kahlo, tagged Frida Kahlo, painting, Self Portrait with Braid on January 24, 2012| 1 Comment »
Frida Kahlo‘s paintings reflect a modernist take on folk art and integrate her experience of suffering. Frida Kahlo paintings included self portraits that depicted her physical and emotional pain and suffering. She used a lot of symbolism in her works and borrowed elements from surrealism and naive art.
Posted in Frida Kahlo, tagged Frida Kahlo, painting, The Little Dear on January 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Frida Kahlo said regarding her painting “”I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.”
Posted in Installation Art, tagged Gilberto Aceves Navarro, Installation Art, Las bicicletas on January 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
“Las bicicletas” (“the bicycles”) outside Mexico City’s Museo de Palacio de Bellas Artes is one of two works created by artist Gilberto Aceves Navarro especially for the museum’s retrospective exhibition of his art.
Posted in Painting, tagged Desfile de modelos frutales, Gilbert Aceves Navarro, painting on January 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Navarro‘s work reflects a concern for the negative effects of industrialization and modernization on cities and displays a nostalgia for more humane urban conditions. His large-scale paintings convey a sense of urgency through the use of light and colour, with broad lines and chromatic tones creating dynamic forms that show the influence of Abstract Expressionism.
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