Can someone please give me an interpretaion of Frida Kahlos painting “Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace…”?
Self-Portrait (with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird) – 1940 By wearing Christ’s thorns Frida presents herself as a Christian martyr. Several of the necklace’s twigs are broken: Frida uses broken things often – broken tables, broken veins, broken hearts. The dead hummingbird with its outstretched wings like Frida’s eyebrows, point to her feeling of being cut down in flight or to her rejection by Diego. In Mexican folk tradition the dead hummingbirds were used as charms to bring luck in love. In Aztec mythology the hummingbird symbolized reincarnation – the spirits of dead warriors returned in the form of hummingbirds. In Christian symbolism birds in general stand for the winged soul. The large leaves close off the space and give her no exit.
