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| Self Portrait, Frida Kahlo Inspired © Rose Cassandra |
Showing posts with label Self-Portraits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Self-Portraits. Show all posts
A Ribbon Around a Bomb
In tribute of a woman, so profound, prolific Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907-July 13, 1954) continues to be a highly powerful, and passionate topic of discussion for art lovers alike.
Surrealist, Andre Breton adoringly in his portrayal of Frida described her as a "ribbon around a bomb."
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Self Portrait with Cropped Hair (Mexico, 1940)"Look if I loved you it was because of your hair. Now that you are without hair, I don't love you anymore." |
Lessons Learned from the Masters
Midsummer is approaching, for the next couple of weeks I am planning to revisit and recreate self-portraits of the artists, photographers and iconic figures that have deeply inspired my own art.
As Oscar Wilde once said,
"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you."
I don't want to ever allow myself to become too jaded, or unreflective of those before me who have fueled my passion for the arts.
Kimiko Yoshida
All Photos © Kimiko Yoshida
Kimiko Yoshida-through what is called "self-portraits" has refined and amplified a feminist stance of protest, cultivated and distanced from current affairs: against contemporary cliches of seduction, against voluntary servitude of women, against "identity" defined by appurtenances, against the stereotypes of gender and the determinism of heredity.
Yoshida's new series of photographic self-portraits, Paintings refers directly the function of diversion. The simple title diverts both the material reality of the photograph and the formal principles of painting.
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