Artwork Title: My Grandparents, My Parents and Me

My Grandparents, My Parents and Me, 1936

Frida Kahlo

In My Grandparents My Parents and Me, Frida Kahlo is a naked little girl holding the loop of red ribbon that is represents her bloodline. The ribbon supports her in her family tree as effortlessly as though it were the string of a bunch of balloons. You may wonder why the ribbon has a loop at the exact place where her parents' bodies are overlapped. The artist put a hint in the fetus which can be seen in a X-ray vision under the wedding dress of her mothers. This is Frida Kahlo herself before she was born. The red loop might refer her mother's sex life, since just under the fetus there are a bunch of sperms swimming through the ribbon loop to an egg which is fertilized. Also by the fertilized egg a red cactus flower is opened to some windblown pollen. Settled in cloud puffs (a delightfully kitsch gadget obtained from her parents' wedding photo or from religious artworks), Frida's grandparents are recognized as... (http://www.fridakahlo.org/my-grandparents-my-parents-and-me.jsp)
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