Ep 8. Pain, Control and Longing? Frida Kahlo’s “Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace”

While Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait ‘The 2 Fridas’ is arguably her most famous, ‘Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace’ is certainly her most intriguing. The symbolism she uses in this work of art is more difficult to decipher and offers several ways to interpret. Making this, potentially, Frida Kahlo’s most iconic self-portrait. Explore with me the emotional and historical backdrop to why Frida chose to use these specific symbols and what various different ways we can choose to interpret them. Let’s peel away the many hidden layers of these symbols and arrive, as close as we can, to the truth of what Frida herself actually felt as she created this visual icon.This content is primarily created to act as inspiration and education for creative souls who want to study, research and learn from iconic creative works and their creators. As such I use borrowed imagery under the ‘fair use’ policy. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. I also do my best to credit image owners and licence holders wherever I can find them. Should you however find an image used here, that you are the licence owner of, and you’re unhappy with it being used here, please contact me and I will remove it or replace it. Music by Lester Barnes.