“Las Dos Fridas” graphically manifests the wrenching emotional pain of famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s divorce from Diego Rivera. On the left is the traditionally dressed, weaker Frida, her broken heart exposed. On the right is the stronger, cosmopolitan Frida, whose intact heart feeds the other Frida. Both hearts are connected to a locket containing a picture of Rivera. Despairing, the weaker Frida attempts to staunch the blood flow from Rivera, which endangers her life. The sky is filled with stormy clouds that convey Kahlo’s (1907 – 1954) agitation, and in profound loneliness, she holds her own hand and is her sole companion.

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