Fulang-Chang and I is the first sel-portrait by Frida Kahlo in which she include one of her pets. This image of the monkey is usually interpreted as surrogates for the children she were
unable to conceive.

The painting was included in the first major exhibition of her work, held at Julien Levy Gallery in New York in 1938. Andre Breton, who wrote an essey of the exhibition considered her a a self-created Surrealist painter. She did not agree with him because: "I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality". Aparently the surrealists did not come beyong the surface of Frida's images.

Frida gave this painting to her friend Mary Schapiro Sklar, sister of the art historian Meyer Schapiro. At the same time, she also gave her a mirror in a similar folkloric frame. Frida told Mary that the painting and the mirror should hang side-by-side so that Mary could always see herself next to Frida.

Lucas and I paraphrases of the painting of Frida's painting in two ways: the title and the composition of the image. Although in Lorena's image there are no surrogate but the children she
wanted to get birth to.

In both images a woman is holding an other living being who are in the scen without being aware of the meaning of their participation. We can asume that the monkey liked to be hold by Frida. We can be sure that Lucas is enjoying the performace, he is more present by looking at the camera and smiling.

Lorena's position intend to be the image of Frida reflected in a mirror. Although she differs from the image dynamic of Frida in two senses: first, hairstyle and clothing that Lorena chooses are supposed to be best known in Fridas images. The second is the position of the child, which following the concept of the mirror should be on the other side.