biography

Frida Kahlo

The Revolutionary Artist

She was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy. In addition to belonging to the post-revolutionary Mexicayotl movement, which sought to define a Mexican identity, Kahlo has been described as a surrealist or magical realist. She is known for painting about her experience of chronic pain.

Short film made about her.
https://youtu.be/B9XYtPqWLB4

Bronx, NY

06/09/2021

Ashley Russo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo

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