"I hope the exit is joyful — and I hope never to return — Frida"
How I relate to this sentiment! Sometimes.
Her exhibition at Pallant House, Chichester. I am looking forward to it. It was interesting seeing the film Frida. Played by Thalma Hayek she was a very interesting character. Another creative who was off-centre. Is everyone in their own way? Or are creatives a little more 'mental health' than others?
I am certainly off centre!!
It was an interesting visit. There were not so many paintings to see and even fewer of Diego Rivera. I did love the photos of Frida taken by an early lover of hers, Nikolas Muray. Oddly her paintings resembled his photos of her. Just looking out at us.
Her story was quite wild really. At a young age she suffered with polio leaving her with one leg thinner than the other. She always wore long skirts. Later she had a terrible accient which involved her requiring lots of operations. Both her ankles were broken, amongst other broken bones. Internally her injuries were severe and left her unable to give birth. She had three miscarriages. One of the paintings I saw today was so sad relating to her own sadness at the loss of her baby before birth.
I am aware this is one of many sketches and paintings that Frida produced to help her with her grief.
She started painting during the recovery period following her accident and was encourgaed by her photographer father and her painter husband, Diego Rivera. They were both comfortably financed, he was selling his own art well and commissioned extensively for his murals. Thre were thrree paintings of his that I particularly liked.
The use of the flowers was rrepeated I believe but these were three of the paintings I actually saw. I absolutely adore the the portrait of Natasha Gelman. No doubt he had an affair with her - well that's an assumption based on the reputation he had as charasmatic and a serial lover. Mind you Frida also was frequently having affairs with men. They even divorced at one time and then remarried. When she died apparently he said he realised he loved her and was grief stricken. She was 47 years old when she ides. He died a few years later.
I imagine their relationship was fraught with tensions based on their extreme lifestyles.
My friend and I were discussing the influence of Diego's own work on Frida. There is certainly a 2 dimensional element to both. And this we likened to Rousseau as well.
There were one or two that I really enjoyed seeing of Frida's. Somehow it is not great art in my opinion and yet mocing nonetheless. Her pain is borne out through her paintings. Their story and her story are interesting. I am very very glad I went to see it. I think the Pallant overcharge for such a small collection but I was able to walk around the rest of the galelry and see other art works that I also enjoyed.
Anna Fox - commisioned photography of Butlins, Bognor Regis
I liked the photos - well some of them. It was a piece of work. But with the crew she had - someone for lighting, someone for somethign else, and another for another else it was surely not possible not to capture the moments. I know it takers and eye to get the shot. I did like the way in which there was usually a kid that just looked right into the camera at the moment of the shot. Apparently that was not a set up!
I really liked this by Michael Andrews
and this too
There was an aquatint - I have no ida what that actually is but I loved loved loved the piece but cannot remember the name of the artist. Damn it!
And there was a room for the Manuel and Loa Alvarex Brave - Mexican photographers. She learnt from him and then went on to become a very established photographer in her own right. They seperated later on....
Manuel
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Lola
Humph!! I cannot find the other couple of photos I saw of hers on the internet.
Of course they both took photos of Frida and Diego. A double conection for the gallery, the Mexican connection and the Diego Frida connection and great creators emerging from Mexiaco at that time.
Ah ha found him - Colin Self
Then we had lunch and strolled around Chichester
Bliss
XX
How I relate to this sentiment! Sometimes.
Her exhibition at Pallant House, Chichester. I am looking forward to it. It was interesting seeing the film Frida. Played by Thalma Hayek she was a very interesting character. Another creative who was off-centre. Is everyone in their own way? Or are creatives a little more 'mental health' than others?
I am certainly off centre!!
It was an interesting visit. There were not so many paintings to see and even fewer of Diego Rivera. I did love the photos of Frida taken by an early lover of hers, Nikolas Muray. Oddly her paintings resembled his photos of her. Just looking out at us.
Her story was quite wild really. At a young age she suffered with polio leaving her with one leg thinner than the other. She always wore long skirts. Later she had a terrible accient which involved her requiring lots of operations. Both her ankles were broken, amongst other broken bones. Internally her injuries were severe and left her unable to give birth. She had three miscarriages. One of the paintings I saw today was so sad relating to her own sadness at the loss of her baby before birth.
I am aware this is one of many sketches and paintings that Frida produced to help her with her grief.She started painting during the recovery period following her accident and was encourgaed by her photographer father and her painter husband, Diego Rivera. They were both comfortably financed, he was selling his own art well and commissioned extensively for his murals. Thre were thrree paintings of his that I particularly liked.
The use of the flowers was rrepeated I believe but these were three of the paintings I actually saw. I absolutely adore the the portrait of Natasha Gelman. No doubt he had an affair with her - well that's an assumption based on the reputation he had as charasmatic and a serial lover. Mind you Frida also was frequently having affairs with men. They even divorced at one time and then remarried. When she died apparently he said he realised he loved her and was grief stricken. She was 47 years old when she ides. He died a few years later.
I imagine their relationship was fraught with tensions based on their extreme lifestyles.
My friend and I were discussing the influence of Diego's own work on Frida. There is certainly a 2 dimensional element to both. And this we likened to Rousseau as well.
There were one or two that I really enjoyed seeing of Frida's. Somehow it is not great art in my opinion and yet mocing nonetheless. Her pain is borne out through her paintings. Their story and her story are interesting. I am very very glad I went to see it. I think the Pallant overcharge for such a small collection but I was able to walk around the rest of the galelry and see other art works that I also enjoyed.
Anna Fox - commisioned photography of Butlins, Bognor Regis
I liked the photos - well some of them. It was a piece of work. But with the crew she had - someone for lighting, someone for somethign else, and another for another else it was surely not possible not to capture the moments. I know it takers and eye to get the shot. I did like the way in which there was usually a kid that just looked right into the camera at the moment of the shot. Apparently that was not a set up!
I really liked this by Michael Andrews
and this too
There was an aquatint - I have no ida what that actually is but I loved loved loved the piece but cannot remember the name of the artist. Damn it!
And there was a room for the Manuel and Loa Alvarex Brave - Mexican photographers. She learnt from him and then went on to become a very established photographer in her own right. They seperated later on....
Manuel
Lola
Humph!! I cannot find the other couple of photos I saw of hers on the internet.
Of course they both took photos of Frida and Diego. A double conection for the gallery, the Mexican connection and the Diego Frida connection and great creators emerging from Mexiaco at that time.
Ah ha found him - Colin Self
Then we had lunch and strolled around Chichester
Bliss
XX
