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Frida Kahlo 1907-1954 : pain and passion / Andrea Kettenmann ; [English translation, Karen Williams].
Frida Kahlo's (1907-1954) arresting pictures were in many ways expressions of trauma. This richly illustrated Basic Art book offers a both accessible and informed introduction to Kahlo's life and work, looking at the artist's dramatic, colourful canvases which combined religious Mexican tradition with Surrealist elements.
Record details
- ISBN: 9783836500852
- ISBN: 383650085X
- Physical Description: 95 pages : chiefly colour illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm.
- Publisher: Koln : Taschen, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Translation statement from colophon. Translated from the German. Originally published in 1992. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | "Peg-leg Frida" : a rebellious girl -- The delicate dove and the fat frog -- A Mexican artists in "Gringolandia" -- Despair and success -- "These surgeon sons of bitches" -- "I hope the exit is joyful..." -- Frida Kahlo 1907-1954 life and work. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the German. |
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| Subject: | Kahlo, Frida > Criticism and interpretation. Kahlo, Frida. Painters > Mexico > Biography. Women artists > Mexico > Biography. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | ND 259 .K33 K48 2016 | 30775305548936 | General Collection | Available | - |
Summary
Kahlo
The arresting pictures of Frida Kahlo (1907-54) were in many ways expressions of trauma. Through a near-fatal road accident at the age of 18, failing health, a turbulent marriage, miscarriage and childlessness, she transformed the afflictions into revolutionary art . In literal or metaphorical self-portraiture, Kahlo looks out at the viewer with an audacious glare, rejecting her destiny as a passive victim and rather intertwining expressions of her experience into a hybrid real-surreal language of living : hair, roots, veins, vines, tendrils and fallopian tubes. Many of her works also explore the Communist political ideals which Kahlo shared with her husband Diego Rivera. The artist described her paintings as "the most sincere and real thing that I could do in order to express what I felt inside and outside of myself." This book introduces the rich body of Kahlo's work to explore her unremitting determination as an artist, and her significance as a painter, feminist icon, and a pioneer of Latin American culture.
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