Viva la Vida

Finally! Every week since the Frida Kahlo exhibit opened in June I've been trying to make some time in my chaotic schedule of photos, the developement of a few Lady Bird SF mini collections and some new product developement (yes, new things to come) to view the life work of the very amazing Miss Frida Kahlo at the SF MOMA.

All dolled up in my Lady Bird SF earrings and red lipstick and black Nisa sunny dress, I went to pay homage to one of the greatest artist is history/Her-Story.

Frida's life story has been a major inspiration for many artist including myself. Born to a Hungarian Jewish father and Mexican Indian mother she exprienced a multi -racial up bringing. As a youth she was a tom-boy who wore mens clothing which was un heard of for any traditional Mexican female. She was a surrealist artist before there was a world movement in surrealist art, illustrating her fiery vivatious personality and life through bright bold colors, and cultural symbolism. I could talk about this women and her work for hours and create a lifetime of work inspired by her spirit that reinvented itself as her life progressed. Here are a few of my favorite Frida works. And if you get a chance check out the exhibit at the SF MOMA up until September 28th 2008.

This peice is title "Moses." The painting was inspired by the essay "The death of Moses" by Sigmund Freud that made a link between Ancient Egyptian beliefs, Moses and the origins of monotheistic religion.

"The Two Fridas"

Here is one of her very few large scale paintings, here she illustrates two facets of her own personality. Saying one is the Frida that her husband Diego Rivera loved and the other Frida that Diego did not.

And the last painting that she ever painted. A still life of cut watermelons with the words "Viva la Vida," "Long live Life."