Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo - The Dreams of Frida Kahlo

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ARTIKA invites us to discover The Dreams of Frida Kahlo, an artist's book that shows the overwhelming personality and undisputed talent of the Mexican painter, cultural symbol and universal icon. For the first time, this edition allows us to enjoy all of Frida Kahlo's existing drawings in a unique and unrepeatable work. For this, it has been necessary a meticulous work of location and compilation, since many of them disappeared after her death, while others were forgotten in private legacies, not always accessible, and in museums. The Art Book offers a selection of 34 drawings, reproduced to original scale and accompanied by quotations that Frida herself wrote down in her diary. The Art Folder reveals a reproduction of a large sepia print by Frida Kahlo, El pájaro nalgón (1946), a spectacular and enigmatic mosaic from the time of her affair with José Bartolí. The Study Book, illustrated with nearly 100 drawings, offers the first analysis of Frida Kahlo's work by the artist's most renowned experts. Helga Prignitz-Poda, co-author of the catalog raisonné on Frida's works, art historian and exhibition curator, analyzes the Mexican painter's work in depth. Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera, journalist and poet, grandson of Diego Rivera, and María del Sol Argüelles San Millán, director of the Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo, complete this study, showing the most intimate side of the artist. The Sculpture Case exhibits the Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940), which is revealed behind a veil of leaves in die-cut wood. Frida's intense gaze invites us to delve into her most personal works to get to know her most unknown facet. Her hidden face is revealed as well as her most intimate world, unveiling the interior of the work. This is an exceptional opportunity to get to know, in detail, the suggestive fragility of her dreams, the extraordinary strength of her art and her exciting life and reality.