Studio Art - Basquiat and Kahlo

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Art is a form used to express emotions, thoughts and experiences. Many different artists have an individual style which enables each one of their work to be unique and original. Both Jean-Michel Basquiat Frida Kahlo are two world known artists. They are artists who, through art, have shared their deepest and intimate thoughts and in doing so, impacted and influenced the world. Kahlo was born on the 6thJuly 1907 and even though she was crippled, she was and is still one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century. Basquiat, born on 22nd December in 1960, was also considered one of the well-known artists of his generation as well as being of Hispanic-African-American background. These two artists were born far apart from each other, which gave them an opportunity to have different life styles, society values and life experiences. Both artists were influenced in different ways. Frida Kahlo and Jean-Michel Basquiat were raised in a similar society with alcohol and tragedy influencing their actions and artworks. They both interpret their emotions and experiences into their pieces. Both artists reflected in themselves into their artwork. Frida interpreted her struggle through life such as her physical pain from an accident during her teenaged youth which resulted in a fractured spine in three places, fractured pelvis, a dislocated shoulder, two broken ribs and broken bones in her right leg and foot, and Basquiat displayed his struggle of being poor. One of Kahlo’s famous paintings, ‘The Two Fridas’, was created in 1939. This is oil painted on canvas, which was used to create two versions of Frida. One is dressed in a traditional Tehuana costume, and the other in a European traditional costume. To show a connection, both figures are depicted holding hands, and are sitting beneath dark clouds, their hearts exposed. Rumour says that the subject matter
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