Frida Kahlo
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Frida Kahlo's (1907‑54) paintings were expressions of trauma in many ways. At age 18, a fatal traffic accident, health issues, a turbulent marriage, miscarriages and the inability to have children were turned into revolutionary art. In her literal or metaphorical self‑portraits, Kahlo looks with a daring sparkle, rejects her fate as a victim, and transforms the expressions of her experience into a surreal language of life: hair, roots, veins, vines, branches and fallopian tubes. Most of her works explore the communist political ideals she shared with her husband Diego Rivera. The artist describes her paintings as “the most intimate and truthful thing I can do to express what I feel inside and out.” This book includes studies that explore Kahlo's determination as an artist and her significance as a painter, feminist icon, and pioneer of Latin American culture. TASCHEN September 2015 English Hardcover, 96 pages ISBN 9783836500852