NO105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Arthur Lismer, International Trade, Unconscious Mind
4 Jan 2017
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Week 6 art, identity, and popular culture. Paintings, or music can be deconstructed: analyze something to expose its hidden assumptions and to question its significance. What meaning is embedded with these artifacts. Hegemonic: to rule or be dominant in a political or social context. Frida kahlo: mexican painter, born in 1907 in coyoacan: mexico city, la casa azul: frida kahlo"s ho(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d (cid:374)o(cid:449) the frida kahlo museu(cid:373, father was a german immigrant though to be jewish. Arrived in mexico at 19 and spanishized first name wilhelm to guierrmo. Khalo: mother: second wife of husband after first died, matilda caldaronie gonzales, Roman catholic, mestizo: parents where in an unhappy marriage, 3 full sisters, 2 half sisters (step-sisters, frida (cid:449)as her father"s favourite, excepted her rebellious side. Broken spine, collar bone, ribs and pelvis, right leg was fucked up. Short-term: long body cast for 3 months, More than 30 operations in her lifetime.
