The original and intimate art of the most famous painter Mexico has ever produced
The captivating images created by
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) are, in many ways, the manifestation of a trauma. She suffered a near-fatal car accident at 18, numerous health problems, a turbulent marriage, and several miscarriages that prevented her from having children, and yet,
He knew how to transform all his afflictions into revolutionary art .
In her real and metaphorical self-portraits, Kahlo gazes at the viewer with a bold stare, refusing to be a passive victim and intertwining symbols of her experience into a
A hybrid language of surreal life : hair, roots, veins, vines, tentacles, and fallopian tubes. Many of his works also explore the
Communist political ideals , which Kahlo shared with Rivera. The artist described her paintings as "
the most sincere thing I could do to express what I feel inside and outside of myself." This book offers a comprehensive overview of Kahlo's work, revealing her inexhaustible determination as an artist and her importance as a painter, feminist icon, and pioneer in Latin American culture.
