Self-portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States - Frida Kahlo
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The artwork in a nutshell
This painting was created by Frida Kahlo while she was living in Detroit in the early 1930s, while her husband Diego Rivera was working on the Detroit Industry mural commissioned by the Ford Motor Company. Isolated and nostalgic for her homeland, Frida here criticizes American industrial society and affirms her attachment to her Mexican roots. This painting expresses the inner conflict between two opposing worlds: the ancient pre-Columbian world, rich in spiritual symbols, and the modern mechanized American world.
Frida Kahlo stands in the center, dressed in a traditional pink dress and holding a small Mexican flag. To her left, the arid ground shows elements of indigenous culture: ruined temples, statuettes, stone heads and rooted vegetation. To the right, a factory belching smoke forms an American flag, surrounded by machines, pipes and light bulbs. A clear boundary separates the two worlds, underlined by the artist's upright posture, anchored between tradition and modernity.
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