Weekly 8 Portrait Project Yoselis DJM

• "My painting carries with it the message of pain".
• "I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best." - Frida Kahlo

Me and My Parrot, 1941 by Frida Kahlo

I Got inspired by the fact she used in her portrait someone that she loved, in this case her parrot

 The Wounded Table, 1940 by Frida Kahlo 

The first quote about pain, is better portrayed in this piece about her divorce and her feeling of loneliness.

I  Got inspired by the surrealism and the contrast of the piece.

ViewFinder. 2024 by Yoselis DJM 

This is my first collage, and it was mostly inspired by Frida Kahlo's work and her quotes. I found it interesting how challenging it was to find her original pieces, as many have been repurposed by contemporary pop artists like Dane Shue. In one of Frida's portraits, she includes her beloved parrot, a symbol of something deeply personal to her, something that was a part of who she was. In my own work, I chose to incorporate my camera for a similar reason. Through the camera's viewfinder, we see eyes and binary code zeros and ones representing the digital age. It reflects how we, in modern times, shape and present our identities to the outside world.