The Chick1945 For this painting and in others by Frida, there are two conflicting interpretations in regard to its meaning. Some say the Chick in the painting is the fragile and threatened Frida while others are convinced that, because of its portly stature and confident pose, it is Frida's husband Diego Rivera. If it is indeed Frida, then the painting probably symbolizes Frida's fragile emotional and physical state at the time. Her relationship with Diego was collapsing, which along with the death of her father and worsening own health, pending surgery on her back, all emotionally exhausted her. The fragile baby chick, Kahlo, is being threatened by two spiders and stands there powerlessly waiting to meet it's destiny. Conversely, if the chick in the painting is Diego, then the picture has a completely different meaning. The Chick sits unprotected on a pile of broken twigs and seems to be unaware of , or unconcerned with, the situation. The debris on which he stands symbolizes his crumbling relationship with Kahlo. The lilac in the language of flowers is symbolic of fidelity. The bouquet of lilacs in the painting is shrouded in the web of the spiders but the Chick (Diego), is unable to get to them. Since Kahlo left
no written or verbal documentation on this painting we can only speculate
as to its true meaning. |
Oil
on masonite |
El pollito1945 Para esta pintura, así como en otras por Frida, hay dos interpretaciones en conflicto, en lo que se refiere a su significado. Algunos dicen que el pollito en el cuadro es la frágil y amenazada Frida mientras otros están convencidos de que, debido a su majestuosa estatura y postura acertada confidente, es el esposo de Frida, Diego. Si de veras el pollito es Frida, entonces el cuadro probablemente simboliza su frágil estado emocional y físico en ese momento. Su relación con Diego se estaba derrumbando; lo cual junto con la muerte de su padre y el empeoramiento de propia salud, la cirugía de su espalda que estaba pendiente, todo la dejó exhausta emocionalmente. El frágil pollito, Kahlo se ve amenazado por dos arañas y esta ahí de pie, impotente esperando el encontrarse con su destino. Por el contrario,
si el pollito en la pintura es Diego, entonces el cuadro tiene un significado
completamente diferente. Ya que Kahlo no dejo documentación escrita o verbal acerca de esta pintura, podemos solo especular acerca de su autentico significado. |