roots frida kahlo

roots frida kahloIn this painting, Frida Kahlo is lying semi recumbent on a cracked, barren floor. Her body rests on a white sheet, and she is wearing a bright red dress. Thick roots protrude from her open abdomen, spreading out around her and sinking into the ground, as if she herself were a plant nourishing the earth. Its expression is fixed and turned towards the viewer, calm but still. The contrast between the parched ground and the roots full of life suggests a

The central subject is the musical gesture

At a time when artistic conventions valued realism and more restrained hues

disproportionately large in relation to the landscape elements behind him

This poetic diversion celebrates Rothko's unique approach

The composition shows a group of horses gathered in a clearing

breathe life into the castle under the blazing sun

This creates a living structure of horizontal and vertical

a leading figure in Realism

notably André Derain

The yellow house

In this enchanted vision

The flat areas of black