[D66] De fridasofie van Theresa May

[Jugg]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/04/was-theresa-mays-frida-kahlo-bracelet-a-political-statement

Was Theresa May's Frida Kahlo bracelet a political statement?

     By Morwenna Ferrier, www.theguardian.com
     View Original
     October 4th, 2017

Prime minister sported a bracelet made of small painted images of 
Mexican artist, who was a communist concerned with the plight of the 
impoverished
Theresa May wore a bracelet with images of Frida Kahlo on her right 
wrist during her speech at the Conservative conference.

Had Theresa May known she was going to have a coughing fit, would she 
have worn a bracelet comprised of small, painted images of the Mexican 
artist Frida Kahlo on her right wrist? Or is that precisely why she used 
that hand to cough into – so that we, the public, could see that in 
2005, she went to a blockbuster show at Tate Modern, in London?

A kind reading suggests May is aware of Kahlo’s resurgence in the 
cultural world. Next year the V&A will host a Kahlo retrospective. Kahlo 
was also cited as a muse to the designer Roland Mouret’s most recent 
collection and featured in the Italian fashion house Etro’s pre-fall 
collection.

As to where the bracelet came from, a gift shop springs to mind, 
although there’s an excellent likeness on the online craft site, Etsy.

Either way, it’s perhaps a surprising statement for the Tory leader, not 
least because Kahlo was a communist, married to artist Diego Riviera, a 
prominent figure in the Mexican Communist party, and a close friend of 
Leon Trotsky. She also spent her career concerned with the plight of the 
impoverished, our connectedness to self, nature and the universe, the 
relationship between pain and identity, and imagined, one day, we could 
live in a classless society.


On 05-10-17 09:19, Jugg wrote:
> Theresa May attacked for wearing bracelet decorated with renowned 
> communist Frida Kahlo
> 
> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/theresa-may-frida-kahlo-bracelet-communist-cough-conservative-conference-a7982931.html 
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