Che-Frida

In a time where many are confused and don't know their identity, people can get away with a lot without getting called out. An example of this is the "art" piece shown above. In this piece, Frida Kahlo's face is combined with Che Guevara's face to make one big "Che-Frida" face. Out of all the combinations of people that could be made in the history of the world, why this one? Let us examine...

First off, let's have a look at how similar these two icons are, since the idea combining their faces to make an art piece must stem from somewhere, right? We'll start with Frida first.
She was married to one of the most known Mexican artists of all time, Diego Rivera. In the shadows of Diego, she launched her own painting career and did well with herself by painting many self-portraits and becoming famous for them. In a life filled with tragedy, Frida made the best with what she had. Yet, with such a powerful and important life, it is still difficult to see where she and Che meet, at least in terms of actual impact on the masses and their situation.
Che, an Argentinian doctor, was a man who realized the global context he was living in and completely understood what he needed to do in order to help his people.

Che went on to be a vital part of the Cuban Revolution as well as a spark across many countries in Latin America where he was trying to help manifest the same type of revolution that happened in Cuba. He died in Bolivia in the middle of a revolt attempt and died as a martyr for all the people of Latin America and their US-imposed shitty situations. On the other hand, Frida painted awkward pictures of herself that said very little about or for the masses and were geared more towards personal and individualistic art.

Although many people like to talk about Frida in the same terms as Che and other revolutionaries, it is an obvious fallacy. I'm not one to talk down on Frida's accomplishments as an artist, nor do I ignore the fact that she was put in a very difficult position when she did this all. However, I do feel that the fact that she's a women gets her the majority of the recognition she receives. If a man would have drawn ugly pictures of himself in the same manner, I doubt that it would have had such a huge impact. However, if a woman accomplished even half of the things that Che did, she would be bigger than the Virgin Mary.

In conclusion, combining Che's face with Frida's face is not only idiotic, but is also a great disrespect to those revolutionaries like Che Guevara who let their nuts hang to the ground for their people. The only thing these two icons have in common is that those who have little connection with their Latin American roots can easily connect and identify with them because they are the token images "representing" us.