[D66] De fridasofie van Theresa May

[Jugg]

http://www.ejecentral.com.mx/brazalete-de-frida-kahlo-provoca-criticas-may/

  Brazalete de Frida Kahlo provoca criticas a May
La Primer Ministra conservadora fue cuestionada ya que la artista 
mexicana era comunista, contraponiéndose a los ideales de la británica
4 de octubre de 20


On 05-10-17 09:24, Jugg wrote:
> 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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