Tuesday, February 15, 2011

News at Eleven: [Frida Kahlo's] skin was splattered

with blood, and the bag of gold dust a man was holding next to her, burst open and flew out, gilding her.

At the same time, a steel pole broke off and impaled her, piercing her pelvis and exiting through her vagina. Later, she joked that this was how she lost her virginity.

Two of her paintings caught my eye: Remembrance Of An Open Wound and Self-Portrait With Thorn Necklace And Hummingbird.

from Western Mail: Pascale Petit was inspired to write poems in response to the life and work of flamboyant Mexican artist Frida Kahlo

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