Kahlo Author:Andrea Kettenmann Pain and passion:�The original and intimate art of Mexico?s most famous female painter � 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 revolutio... more »nary 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 surreal-real 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 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 a 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. � About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN?s Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions« less