Past Posts Past Posts: No 3 May 2018 The Past Posts today bring you the Mexican artist Diego Rivera: his murals and his wonderfully exciting images of the folk of Mexico. Introducing you to our new look footer. Fleurieu Peninsula link fixed!
Past Posts Past Posts: No 2 May 2018 Today's Past Posts brings you two posts on the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
Murals Diego Rivera Muralist Diego Rivera was a life long Marxist and member of the Mexican Communist Party and eventually turned to Social Realism as a way to express his ideas about the oppression of the poor in a country dominated by a contrasting politics and colours. (Image: Man at the Crossroads en.wikipedia.org)
Murals Mexican Muralism Movement People have been creating murals since women learnt how to draw on cave walls. It is now believed that the majority of the cave muralists were women as the men would be out hunting, fishing, fighting. Image: David Alfaro Siqueiros (widewalls.ch)
Artist Frida Kahlo Part Two Frida Kahlo became a champion for women especially their suffering. Her paintings, some of them too graphic to show in the Blog, expressed the pain suffered by women & for this she has become a role model for many people. Image: fridakahlo.org
Artist Frida Kahlo Part One Frida Kahlo Still Life paintings show that she was a very complicated character suffering much physical and psychological pain and her other paintings, especially her self portraits illustrate much of this pain so we will edge along gently.
