FRIDA -ALL SAINTS DAY VARIANT - UP IN THE SHOP!!!

"I NEVER PAINT DREAMS OR NIGHTMARES. I PAINT MY OWN REALITY..."

FRIDA - ALL SAINTS DAY VARIANT
Use code "RENTMONEY" for a super-secret discount!
18" x 24"
Screen Print
Signed & Numbered Edition of 50
MORE INFO HERE
*THESE WILL SHIP AFTER 11/15!
As an extra bonus - EACH FRIDA print will include one of these 3" die-cut foil stickers!!!​

The artwork was originally designed for one of MORRISSEY'S shows in 2013! I made one art print from it and then, in true fashion - my schedule was crazy and I forgot to explore more color variations...

The idea behind using Frida's portrait for a Morrissey poster came about like this: Everyone seems to always do a portrait of Morrissey when designing a poster for him. I wanted to do something different and focus on his fans. Moz’s fans emulated him and the album art (his former band - the Smiths) used. Whether in their melancholic disenchanted view of being young or by the way they pomped their hair and cuffed their jeans. The dissected image of Frida manages to convey both of those ideas. She was a defiant and radical surreal folk artist who ended up influencing so many people way past her death in 1954. If Frida were born later, she would have a bootleg copy of The Smiths’ first album playing in the background as she went on her path to self-discovery with her self portraits and torrid marriage to Diego Rivera.

The bones listed in the poster call out the injuries she sustained when she was 18. Kahlo was riding in a bus that collided with a trolley car. She suffered serious injuries as a result of the accident, including a broken spinal column, a broken collarbone, broken ribs, a broken pelvis, eleven fractures in her right leg, a crushed and dislocated right foot and a dislocated shoulder. Also, an iron handrail pierced her abdomen and her uterus, compromising her reproductive capacity. Thank you, Wikipedia!

I hope you guys know some Spanish - scattered throughout the poster are quotes Frida is most well-known for. One of my favorites would be "I hope the leaving is joyful — and I hope never to return — Frida".