Julio Salgado was inspired by this double self-portrait by artist Frida Kahlo. Why might an artist choose to depict two different versions of themselves?
Julio Salgado, Quiero Mis Queerce, 2014, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Lichtenberg Family Foundation, 2020.37.6, © 2020, Julio Salgado
The Two Fridas, © 2020 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Image: Schalkwijk / Art Resource, NY