Today is both Halloween and the beginning of Dias De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead). For both celebrations, skeletons abound. Frida kept a papier mache skeleton on the top of her canopied bed. Such sculptures are popular in Mexico as we can see with Linares' Skeleton. It is a wonderful visual representation of the interconnection of life and death. I love all the colorful flowers, cactus, plant leaves, birds, serpent, and frog that give life to this smiling dynamic skeleton. If you want to see this amazing sculpture, it is part of the Dobles Vidas exhibition at the Thatcher Gallery on the campus of the University of San Francisco. It is one of many incredible folk art pieces that are on loan from The Mexican Museum. If you like Mexican folk art, you don't want to miss this exhibition! It runs through December 12th.
Skeletons also appear in Frida's paintings as you can see in the Portrait of Luther Burbank shown above. I'll be discussing this painting and a few others on November 6th at the University of San Francisco as part of the Dobles Vidas exhibition and Dias De Los Muertos. I'm including the flier below with all the information if you're interested in coming. I hope to see you there!
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JJ
10/31/2014 07:12:26 am
Skeletons are really a fascinating expression of human existence. Whenever I see a skeleton, what immediately comes to mind is death. Or to put it differently, if I see a skeleton, the person who once was that skeleton is now no longer, or in other words, is dead. But then on the other hand, in some ways, skeleton are really the aspect of us that, to our ordinary senses, is most indicative of eternal life. For, after all, it is the skeletal remains of our ancestors, sometimes millions of years old, that show us what they were like. And, most interesting, is the fact, that the skeleton is really the central core of our living being – everything else that we call “us” is really just hanging on our skeleton. So when I see a skeleton, it is not one half of “doble vida” (that is, just the dead half), but it is both halves – it is doble vida! For all these reasons, I think skeletons are wonderful artistic vehicles to awaken the viewer to so much.
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7/6/2016 02:35:44 am
In her works skeletons are representate quite often. Maybe she felt terrible about death. Anyway, Halloween and Day of the Dead made a huge influence for her immediate exhibition. Thanks for advertisement a lot.
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Celia Stahr teaches art history at the University of San Francisco. She’s interested in women artists and artists who cross cultural boundaries. She fell in love with the power of Frida Kahlo's art in the 1980s, a feeling that has intensified over the years. Frida in America took 10 years to research and write, but Stahr never lost interest in this fascinating woman and artist.
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