The Two Fridas

In Las Dos Fridas, Frida Kahlo expresses the disambiguated inner self and the Frida on the outside. In fact, the brink of Frida's consciousness is expressed by a thin piece of yarn. Frida yearning to release her inner self is portrayed by "Formal Frida" trying to cut the yarn, which bleeds onto her formal skirt. As for color choice, "Modern" Frida does match any of her colors showing her free-will as compared to "Formal" Frida that dons a classic red and white combination. Furthermore, Frida's looks normal and functioning compared to "Formal" Frida's with the white spots on it, which symbolizes purity toward her culture that ultimately restricts her ecclectic capabilities. Frida's skin tone is representative of her vitality as well as the colors of her apparel; Formal Frida is more pale and less fickle than the more vicarous Modern Frida, who seems to be uneasy at the prospect of Formal Frida constrained being. Frida Kahlo represented the two tones of liveihood through the duality of herself, as illustrated in Las Dos Fridas, as they opposed each other within Frida, herself.